Dyado Dobri Dobrev

 Dyado Dobri Dobrev

We learn that there are righteous individuals that exist even when the news may not want to show positive examples. We learn that individuals do not have to have large sums of money or connections to make a difference in the world practicing genuine empathy and filial love. We learn that the news attempts to show negative examples to cause individuals to be discouraged about the current times we live in. We learn that even while we may not be living in the best of times, we are still able to place our attention to positive, virtuous, and righteous individuals instead of negative, conflicting, and controversy causing individuals. Individuals are still able to practice kindness and righteousness while being set apart from negative individuals that foment strife and division. 

We learn that there are positive examples describing individuals that have decided to practice genuine empathy and filial love towards humanity. Dobri Dobrev is an individual who is 99 years of age who lost his hearing in the Second World War. He lives on a pension and decides to ask for alms so that he can donate the money to orphanages that can not pay their bills. We learn that he was able to walk 25 kilometers every day by foot from his village to a city in Bulgaria where he is able to receive alms. We learn that his age is not an impediment to keep practicing genuine empathy and goodness being able to walk for kilometers and persevere.

We learn that instead of using the money that he had received from alms for himself, we learn that Dobri Dobrev decided to give the money to orphanages. He has collected well over 40,000 dollars over the years, and donated the money to orphanages. We learn that he describes the importance of selflessness, filial love, genuine empathy, and goodness. We learn that this describes the manner that there are good people on earth. This describes that we can look to positive examples and highlight the positive attributes and qualities that they exhibit so that we learn about the importance of virtues and goodness. 

They call Dobri Dobrev "Dyado Dobri" or Grandfather Dobri describing the good that individuals can accomplish when they decide to practice genuine empathy. We learn that he is able to have another birthday and will be a hundred years of age. We learn that he is from Baylovo and is considered "the saint of Baylovo". We learn that long life is a reward from GOD Almighty when individuals are righteous and decide to honor GOD Almighty with their life.