As children, we have unbridled aspirations. We dream to be astronauts. We dream to be princesses. We dream to be the world's greatest sports star. We dream.

But if we don't meet fulfil those dreams, we never feel like we've failed. So why don't we carry that wisdom into our adult lives?

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Sometimes, when reading the news, it feels like the world is on a downward spiral. Ignorance, hate, bigotry, and pointless tragic deaths.

But then we hear of stories like the San Francisco Batkid. Or the funeral procession of strangers for a fallen war hero. Or the work of The Passage in the UK, and their approach to homelessness.

And it makes you remember that the world might just be okay.

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Resources for today's episode:

• Batkid's Make-a-Wish Transforms San Francisco Into Gotham - ABC News
• War veteran Harold Percival mourned by strangers after online appeal | Second world war | The Guardian
• The Passage | Helping homeless people to transform their lives

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I've never been much of a religious man, yet I celebrate certain religious holidays. And I've had others celebrate holidays that, technically, could go against their beliefs.

Religion is often blamed as the cause for the world's woes and, often, it can be.

Yet for all the wrongs religion can foster, it can also enable the greatest celebration of all - the religion of humanity.

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I had kids late in life. Because I'm an older dad - and, I guess, an older husband - I find myself thinking more about the future than I possibly should.

How I'll technically be a pensioner when my kids are at university. How I may die, and leave them as young adults.

But I can't be sad - because to be sad is to believe that all the alive moments will stop if we no longer share them.

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Life moves pretty fast and, in this always-on-the-go world that we find ourselves in, it's becoming ever-harder to pause and reflect on what we see.

Yet, if we don't, we miss the opportunity to experience the things that could truly change our lives.

The Little Pod of Inspiration aims to be that opportunity to stop and savour not only the events around us, but the people, the experiences, the sights and sounds.

Through these inspiring stories and poems of love, redemption, and change, take a moment to really see all the inspirational treasures that are present.

Inspiration is all around us. All we have to do is look.