Being A Couch Potato Isn't All That Unproductive

A couple Sundays ago I watched the opening weekend of NFL games from noon to nearly midnight. Between all the mindless marketing, disappointment of the performance of my fantasy players, and news that Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett sustained an injury that might leave him paralyzed, I was feeling fairly depressed towards the end of the night. That was, until, NBC shared a story of a former Dallas Cowboys player whose life was saved when one of his former teammates donated a kidney. The ailing man, Ron Springs, wasn't going to reach the top of the national kidney transplant list before a disease spawned from his diabetes condition would take his life. This prompted his friend, Everson Walls, to donate a kidney.

The two men were in Dallas to conduct the ceremonial coin flip before the Cowboys played the Giants. Ron Springs spends most of his time in a wheelchair since diabetes has rendered his legs very weak. Everson Walls, fully healed from the kidney donation, pushed Springs out onto mid-field for the coin flip. The two received a standing ovation and clearly were both very grateful to be alive.

In the spirit of cataloguing and sharing similar stories of heroism, philanthropy, kindness, whatever; I started a website where people can submit stories of their own, or simply enjoy others' content: GreatStories.org. I hope my friends and regular readers of this blog find that site enjoyable. Feel free to contact me with any constructive criticism.