A close-up of a small brown and black puppy cuddled in a persons pink jacket, its shiny eye in focus—bringing comfort during a break on a civil engineering project.

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Helen Keller

If, like so many of us, you need a lift, check out one of these cool things:

  1. Kiva is a microlending platform allows you to donate to entrepreneurs around the globe who need a hand getting their businesses started: https://www.kiva.org

  2. Run over a pothole on your way to work? Dominos is fixing potholes around the nation. https://www.pavingforpizza.com/ -By the way, Dominoes, Colorado has some potholes you could fix.

  3. This TED talk focuses on positive psychology and “The Happy Secret to Better Work.” https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

  4. Want a new fuzzy loved one? This organization is working tirelessly to eliminate kill shelters and find every animal a home: https://bestfriends.org/

  5. Cereal on the go is a thing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0812C73T9/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ve3hEbX5EFC3K

  6. Baby Shark Dance has 4.3 billion views on YouTube https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w

  7. In 2019, scientists captured the first ever image of a black hole https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2019/4/19/how-scientists-captured-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole/

  8. Marta is the top goal scorer in World Cup history with 17 goals at the World Cup https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48684910

  9. Who doesn’t love the edge of a brownie? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MMK448/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Dw3hEbK2CCAW8

  10. My puppy was once this small

A close-up of a small brown and black puppy cuddled in a persons pink jacket, its shiny eye in focus—bringing comfort during a break on a civil engineering project.

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