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Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.
But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.
He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, “like what’s going on here?” Diaz says. “He asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?’”
Diaz replied: “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me … hey, you’re more than welcome.
“You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help,” Diaz says.
Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.
“The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz says. “The kid was like, ‘You know everybody here. Do you own this place?’”
“No, I just eat here a lot,” Diaz says he told the teen. “He says, ‘But you’re even nice to the dishwasher.’”
Diaz replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”
“Yea, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.
Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. “He just had almost a sad face,” Diaz says.
The teen couldn’t answer Diaz — or he didn’t want to.
When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, “Look, I guess you’re going to have to pay for this bill ‘cause you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I’ll gladly treat you.”
The teen “didn’t even think about it” and returned the wallet, Diaz says. “I gave him $20 … I figure maybe it’ll help him. I don’t know.”
Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen’s knife — “and he gave it to me.”
Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”
“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”
FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED
ALL THE SLOW CLAPS GO TO YOU
practicallyperfect-marypoppins:
Disney Classics:
101 Dalmatians II Patch’s London Adventure
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Disney Princess A Christmas of Enchantment
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Disney Princess Stories Volume One: A Gift from the Heart
Disney Princess Stories Volume Two: Tales of Friendship
Disney Princess Stories Volume Three: Beauty Shines from Within
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Had a Glitch
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men’s Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesPeter Pan: Return to Never Land
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Yeah
Disney Pixar:
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
i am so gonna watch toy story right fucking now.
this is all im gonna do over break
OOC; OHMYGOD. IT’S HEAVEN.
HOLY SWEET HELL
BLESS YOUR COW.
OH LORD OF DEERS!!!!
I
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START
I KNOW WHAT IM DOING THIS WEEKEND :D
WINTER BREAK COMPLETE. LETSGO
((Reblog so I never lose this. <3))
((I HAVE AN ACTIVITY FOR THE EVENING))
REBLOGGING SO I NEVER LOSE THIS
[OH MY GOD]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
ooc: THIS SHIT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR ONCE. AND MARY IS IN THIS. THIS IS GOOD.
WATCH THIS NOW! EPIC! JUST EPIC!
getting goosebumps!! <3
That Emma Stone gif portrays me perfectly right now. ;___;
This is so beautiful. THIS IS DISNEY.
I’m seriously crying right now
dreams do come true :’)
I lost it at the Ohana part
This is epic
all my feels
ALL OF THEM
*sobbing**sobbing*
*sobbing*
Chills all over my body
;u;
All the feels and emotions of the World, UNITE WITHIN MY BODY!!! ;U;
Oh my goodness. Helllooo inspiration!~
Ooooooh my god the instantaneous chills!
THE AMOUNT OF CHILLS THIS GAVE ME SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, I had a pokemon. Second, there was a part of me - and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be - that wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. Third, Gary Oak was unconditionally and irrevocably a douchenozzle.
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How old are you?
“ten”
How long have you been ten?
“…”
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEN
Misty looked at Ash, his breathing still heavy from carrying her on his bike as fast as he could through the long grass outside of Pallet Town.
“You’re eyes are impossibly huge and black,” Misty said. “Your hair is… incredibly pointy, and doesn’t need product. Your face changes size and shape based on your feelings… and sometimes you speak like - like you’re from the 90’s. You never spend money on anything; you don’t go to the bathroom.”
The silence hung there, thick and heavy like a Snorlax blocking the bike path.
“How old are you?” Misty asked, not sure if she wanted to know.
“Ten,” Ash replied, with a slight smirk and an almost amused tone.
Misty new that wasn’t true. Ash wasn’t like the other boys her age. He wasn’t even like her older sisters who ran the gym in Cerulean City. He was wiser and his passion was genuine.
Ash didn’t just want to catch them all, he needed to. He was going to be the best there ever was no matter how long it took, which gave Misty this nagging in the back of her mind. She had to know for sure.
“How long have you been ten?” she asked. Her voice weak, knowing full well the answer could change everything she thought she knew.
“A while…” Ash said. His voice trailing off, as if he were losing himself in a flood of memories.
Misty let out a faint gasp. She knew now. She was certain.
“I know what you are,” she declared, as if whatever had been holding her back from accepting the truth, finally let go of her hand and let her fall right down the Diglett hole.
Ash eyes were alive now, flickering like the flame on a Charmander’s tale.
He stared right into her and said, ”Say it… out loud. Say it.”
Misty’s heart was pounding louder than the thud of a Marowak’s bone club attack.
Despite the now eerily silent meadow, she could barely be heard as she whispered, “Pokemon Trainer.”
Deceased
rip me
Dead.
OMG I CAN’T
#dead
(Source: setyourphaserstostun)
Howl's Moving Castle 2004 (x)
I think it describes everybody in Sweden today perfectly
PEOPLE LIKE MY GIF
i’m so proud :’D
Yes you should be! SWEDISH PRIDE