\n\tThe employees taking the underground home after work found themselves stepping on a red carpet covering the stairs to the platforms among cheers and inspirational messages delivered via loudspeakers by a group of volunteers carrying motivational signs and placards.<\/p>\n
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\n\tAndrei Tudose, from the Delivering Life Foundation, explains: \u201cWe like to take people by surprise and break off their routine, trying to make them feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tWe also asked one of the volunteers why she got involved in this activity: \u201cI came here to impart joy. I travel by metro myself and I don\u2019t like to see people exhausted after a day\u2019s work who only want to get home as quickly as possible. So, together with the other volunteers, I came here to give these people a cheer, make them smile and get them to share in our joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe underground station was full of TV crews and photographers and everything looked like an award gala. But let\u2019s see how some of the passengers enjoyed this star-like treatment: \u201cI\u2019m a little tired after a busy day at work, but I\u2019m really enjoying the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tFlorentina, on the other hand, says she is not impressed: \u201cMaybe they thought their idea was original, but I don\u2019t think it is, it\u2019s probably borrowed from abroad. I don\u2019t trust these things, I think they are invented by NGOs to prove they are doing something and claim European money.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tSo we asked Andrei Tudose who paid for the whole event: \u201cThere are no costs, or at least they\u2019re insignificant. We only bought some batteries, 2 square meters of red carpet and some placards. People volunteered to help because they feel inspired by what we do and want to offer something to the others.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\t Such events, designed to make people take a break from the daily routine, are good pretexts both for those involved in the event and for onlookers to think of the actual significance of the event. Andrei Tudose told us that, from his point of view, the event was a successful experiment.<\/p>\n
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\n\tAndrei Tudose: \u201cPeople have joined in the game. Corporate people played along and signed autographs, laughed and reached out to us. I personally believe life is a gift and I always look for things that make me feel good and which can influence the lives of the people around me. I myself get sometimes caught in the daily routine and realise how days, weeks, months and even years pass by without me enjoying life as I should. I think it\u2019s essential to live life to the fullest. That\u2019s how the idea of the event was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\t The next similar event hosted by the Delivering Life Foundation will be held on February 26th. The location is still unknown. It may at the airport, in a crowded shopping centre, or maybe somewhere else, in an unusual location. The volunteers from Delivering Life will pop up as if from out of nowhere, carrying placards and loudspeakers and will do their best to make you smile. So say cheese!<\/p>\n
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