We see what we have our eyes open to.

Every now and again you go through some odd phase – when people ignore you as you hold the door open for them (or even give you a look like you’re some kind of nut) and the grocery store cashier seems to think he’s doing you a huge inconvenient favour. A middle aged man cuts off an old woman in the line-up for ice cream and some idiot throws her trash on the ground 2 meters from a trash can. And you wonder what on earth is going on with people these days.

But then you have one of those great days for no reason – you can’t wipe the smile from your face as you ride your bike through the city – and you notice all the people that smile back. Someone gladly holds the door for you when your arms of full of grocery bags. You notice the person giving up their seat for the pregnant woman, the person who picks up a dropped glove for someone in front of them, and the dog owner who’s got 2 minutes to stop for a kid who wants to talk to his dog. Some small thing – that hits the reset button on your faith in the enormous goodness present in people and you go a long time with that happy feeling in your heart.

Maybe that’s why this video’s so appealing. It shows us that’s it’s there (in Denmark, everywhere for that matter) – that brilliant human spirit and inclination to give and spread some happiness. It’s not always this obvious, but it’s there if we choose to see it.

Happy Friday.