These Uplifting Memoirs Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
The other day, I was walking home from a run I probably shouldn’t have been on, when I started to hear clapping and screaming and shouting and banging. I was taken aback at first. Manhattan has become eerie, a ghost town almost, and I wondered what was going on. And then a man walked by me, and because I clearly looked perturbed, he said, “It’s for the health workers.” I had heard about this phenomenon, but just forgotten, and maybe even doubted it was real: supposedly every night at 7 PM, New Yorkers have been opening their windows and applauding the amazing and brave healthcare workers that have been battling this crisis head on.
As I kept walking, the noise continued and my heart began to swell. It was surreal, something that you’d hear about happening in the movies, but really never expect to happen in your life. I realized, later, that that uplifting feeling is important. It’s important to remember what humans are capable of and how we ultimately do stick together, especially when things get tough. It will help you stay sane. This experience made me think of some of my favorite books, one’s that have made me awe-inspired by the feats and openness of others, one’s that have made me feel inspired to be better a better person, to take on more challenges, and that have altered my perceptions of what humans are capable of doing, as well as feeling. Here are some of my favorite uplifting memoirs, so you can hopefully feel that way, too.
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