humansofnewyork:

Not sure that I’ve ever been so honored to introduce someone as I am right now.

Gac Filipaj is a refugee from the former Yugoslavia. For the past twelve years, he has worked as a janitor for Columbia University.  His job title is “Heavy Cleaner,” which includes emptying the trash and cleaning the toilets. 

During this time, he worked until 11pm every night during the week.  After his shift concluded, he would start studying.  This weekend, after twelve years of study, Gac graduated from Columbia University with a Classics degree.  Rarely have so many qualities I admire been wrapped up in a single person.

theyouarebeautifulcampaign:

The you are beautiful campaign was created to help make sure that everybody knows that they are beautiful.
Why? Because love is stronger than the pressure to be perfect, and imperfections are what makes us who we are, who we are is beautiful. Beauty comes in many different shapes and forms we can not define beauty by 1 thing, 1 standard.
How? Write something like “you are beautiful” on a piece of paper and leave it somewhere to be found. Leave it in the fitting room, a bathroom, some random locker at school, a public mirror, a car, taped to a door, written on the sidewalk—anywhere that the message could be seen/found.

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