What Gives You Hope?

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 by Posi-Text

PosiText is all about giving you a daily booster shot of positive thinking through a brief, daily text message.  It's a supplemental service that reaches out to you, rather than you reaching out to find something positive.  PosiText makes it easier for you to recognize your glass is half full.

Occasionally, the developers of PosiText scour the Internet looking for other services and tools that may benefit our subscribers.  We recently stumbled upon such a website in GivesMeHope.  

GivesMeHope was launched in response to FML.  According to the FML website, it is:

a collection of everyday anecdotes and stories likely to happen to anyone and everyone, sent to us exclusively by our users, which we then publish on the site. This is a space where you can let it all out and unwind by sharing the little things that screw with your day, and maybe realize that you are not alone in experiencing day to day crap. The site is meant to be fun to read and can be enjoyed on a daily basis.

Readers Beware: Many of the posts on FML deal with sensitive or raunchy issues, albeit in a rather tongue-in-cheek fashion; it does provide its users with a satirical way of coping with day-to-day issues.

To combat the negativity on FML, GivesMeHope provides a collection of everyday stories that 'give hope' to its readers.  One message posted on their website gives a story of charity:

I recently cut my hair and donated it to locks of love. As I approached the counter to pay for the haircut, the receptionist informed me that the gentleman who was getting his hair cut a few seats down from me had paid for my haircut. He thought it was a wonderful thing that I was doing and that I shouldn't have to pay to help someone else. GMH.

We like to think that PosiText hands out little nuggets of hope as well. Check it out and let us know what you think!

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