DailyGood

For the last 27 years, DailyGood newsletters have offered a daily email that inspires you to respond to life with creativity and kindness. To join a community of 148,446 subscribers, subscribe here.

Sep 17, 2008

"While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give." --James Joyce

The Boy Who Loved Trains

Twelve-year-old John Thomas Robertson has always had an affinity for trains. "I've been into trains probably from the day I was born," said John, who's nicknamed JT. "When I was very little my grandpa got me a train set. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours." When he realized that some of his friends couldn't afford train tickets, JT saved money from bottles and cans he collected over a year -- all so he could take his whole class on the train. It's now an annual activity -- but this young train-lover's generosity hasn't stop there...