Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the daily article for Friday, July 20, 2018.

Cody is a 10-year-old boxer lab mix who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His owner, Alex

Carcher, discovered that Cody would take his medicines more easily if he eats them with Burger King

Cheeseburgers. When Alex told a restaurant employee a story,

the manager told him that their location would provide free cheeseburgers for Cody for the rest of

his life. After Alex wrote a letter to express his gratitude, the official Burger King Twitter

account responded, The world needs more kindness and empathy. Thank you for giving us the chance

to do this for Cody.

The New York Times recently carried a fascinating article titled The Power of Positive People.

The writer focuses on research indicating that our well-being is significantly influenced by the company we keep.

For instance, positive friendships are especially common in regions

of the world where people live far longer than the average. Experts are now encouraging us to create

intentional networks of friends who will help us build long-term supportive relationships.

We can certainly use more positivity in our lives today. Consider this story in the news. Young adults are drinking themselves to death.

According to a new report, deaths from cirrhosis, the late stages of liver damage, rose by 65% between 1999 and 2016.

Deaths from liver cancer doubled. From 2009 to 2016, the greatest increase in death

rate from cirrhosis was among people between the ages of 25 and 34, and the major cause was alcohol.

The study's lead author suspects a connection between increased alcohol use and unemployment

associated with the global

financial crisis. He notes that people started dying at increased rates after 2008 and ads,

we know that there's a model of despair in young unemployed men who are likely to abuse alcohol.

Proactive steps to build greater positivity into our lives are obviously a good thing,

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