Everywhere in the world, we can observe and be touched by acts of kindness. People from all walks of life, faiths, and cultures extend themselves beyond the call of duty to help others unconditionally. Through their noble deeds, humanity as a whole is elevated.

To commend virtuous actions and encourage more people to be inspired by their examples, Supreme Master Ching Hai has lovingly created a series of awards, including the Shining World Leadership Award, Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero and Heroine Awards, Shining World Honesty Award, World Protection Award, Shining World Intelligence Award, and Shining World Inventor Award, to recognize some of the most exemplary, generous, caring, and courageous people who walk amongst us.

Mr. Ronnie Frazier is a hard working store clerk at the local E-Z Mart in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA.

It was getting close to time to close the store.

As he did every night, Mr. Frazier was preparing to close the shop, when he encountered a dangerous situation.

This guy comes up behind me and I thought he was another customer. He said, he needed something out of the store and I said, "Okay, so come on in." I went around behind the register and he kind of raised up his shirt a little bit.

Mr. Frazier said it looked liked a firearm.

He said, “I need $40 out of your register.” I wasn’t nervous and I wasn’t angry. It was like the Bible talks about, “The peace of God that surpasses all understanding.” That’s what came over me, that’s what I felt. It was a real calm and real peaceful-like situation.

In his calm state, Ronnie Frazier asked the armed man what for he needed the cash. He said, “I need $40 for insulin.”

Insulin is a hormone that people with type 1 diabetes lack and therefore must take regularly in order to regulate their blood sugar level. Trusting what the man said as true, and at the risk of his own safety, Mr. Frazier responded:

I said, “Well I can’t give it to you out of the register, because it’s not mine to give.” And so I reached in my front pocket and I pulled out the money that I had. We talked for a few seconds. And he shook my hand, and he said, “ I’ll be back to see you.” And to this day I haven’t seen him. I don’t know if he really needed the insulin or what. I just done what I felt like my heart told me to do.

Mr. Frazier attributes his calm mind to the presence of God, which he sensed throughout the whole situation.

I know God was there. There was nobody else in the store. It could have went either way. But yet there was a peace and a calm about the whole situation, so I know God was there.

It all happened in a matter of seconds. But within those moments, there was a lifetime’s worth of strong faith in God.

God created us, He put us all here for a purpose, and that purpose is to help each other to love one another, to care for each other, not to take advantage to hurt people. It’s to help, love one another, and He is the God of love. We just need to turn back to God.

For his exceptional courage, integrity, and empathy in a precarious situation, Mr. Ronnie Frazier received the first-ever Shining World Hero and Kindness Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai, with a letter of appreciation.

“…We hereby applaud and celebrate the valiant and kind-hearted deeds of Fort Smith’s heroic employee, Mr. Ronnie Frazier. With Great Honor, Love and Blessings, The Supreme Master Ching Hai”

Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much for your kindness, and for Supreme Master Ching Hai's kindness toward me.

Mr. Frazier also received a custom- fitted Hero jacket from Supreme Master Ching Hai.

I like this shirt and I like the material. It's all beautiful.

In addition, other gifts were presented, including Supreme Master Ching Hai’s #1 international bestselling books, “The Dogs in My Life,” “The Birds in My Life,” and “The Noble Wilds,” as well as the book, “The Realization of Health: Returning to the Natural and Righteous Way of Living,” and DVDs based on Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lectures and climate change videoconferences.

As a further gesture of her appreciation, Supreme Master Ching Hai sent a symbolic monetary gift of US$400, which is tenfold the amount that Mr. Frazier donated to the stranger in need.

Oh thank you. I got to thank God for it, because he's the one that done it. I was just a tool in God's hands. I want to thank Supreme Master Ching Hai again for her generosity, her kindness and her compassion toward me, even though she's never met me and knows nothing about me other than what she's heard. I've never met this beautiful person but I can imagine just by what she's doing, that she is a beautiful person. And it will be an honor to be able to meet her someday.

Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television. We will meet more award recipients, when we return.

Welcome back to today’s program featuring recipients of the Shining World Hero and Kindness Award and the Shining World Hero Award. Next, we will meet another honoree, the Preciado family, who rescued their neighbors from a burning home. The Preciados are a Mexican family living in Houston, Texas, USA. Let’s find out what happened on that unforgettable day.

Well, when we got there we were just accommodating things, when we heard a scream. First we saw what looked like smoke. Then, we heard a scream, the child, something about the child. The three of us ran and that was when we arrived at the house where she lives. You could see the fire. That was when he (son) began to break the window and go inside.

At the time, Josefina Vega, who lived in the house with her husband and their one-year-old son, was sweeping outside. It was she who had been screaming for help. But upon trying to enter the burning house, she, along with Mr. Preciado and his son Sergio, found the thick smoke blocking the way to the baby’s room. They then tried to find any object that could puncture the glass window. After a frantic search, 16-year-old Sergio resorted to using his own leg.

I just thought of the child whom I left asleep in the crib, and at the time, everything exploded. I never thought it was the house.

The only entrance we had was through the kitchen and it was blocked and we could not get in, and in order to get inside, something had to be broken.

My husband couldn’t find anything to break the window with.

He was more desperate than me, because since there was nothing, well, he had to use his leg...

He was looking for a stick or something, some stone, and he didn’t think, he used his foot. And he was cut here. He was cut.

He went and pulled off the other window, removing both.

What I thought was that the child was going to be burned; but he didn’t think about it, he just thought about getting in.

It was in something like ten minutes.

In just 10 minutes, baby Daniel was safely rescued. It was Sergio junior who picked up the unconscious child from his crib and handed him over to his father. Mr. Preciado then passed him out the window to his wife. Mrs. Preciado brought the baby out of harm’s range and then proceeded to resuscitate him. But that was not all. Inside, Josefina had succumbed to the smoke and fainted in the living room. Father and son safely pulled Josefina out the window to safety, after which she was soon able to recover. In the end, Josefina’s house was destroyed by the flames. Young Sergio had to have 16 stitches to mend his wounded leg. Other than that, all were grateful to God that everyone made it alive.

I want to thank them, because without their help we could not have rescued the child and I am very grateful.

The Preciado family is also relieved, and quietly proud of their teenage son.

I learned that helping others is good.

If we didn’t do that, something bad would have happened.

I feel good, because I never thought that he was going to do this. He went out, he behaved more courageously than I did.

Upon hearing of their selfless deeds, Supreme Master Ching Hai honored the Preciado family with the Shining World Hero Award.

“For exemplary actions showing the true meaning of “Love thy neighbor,” for quick thinking and life saving courage, and for your high-minded compassion we hereby applaud and celebrate the noble deeds of the valiant and heroic Preciado family – angels all! With Great Honor, Love and Blessings, The Supreme Master Ching Hai”

Supreme Master Ching Hai also contributed US$1,000 to the family’s medical expenses, and another US$1,000 to Ms. Josefina Vega for any urgent items needed by her own family. In addition to the award and financial contribution, the Preciados were also presented with gifts, including Supreme Master Ching Hai’s #1 international bestselling books, “The Birds in My Life,” “The Dogs in My Life,” “The Noble Wilds,” and “Celestial Art.”

We salute today’s award honorees, Mr. Ronnie Frazier, recipient of the Shining World Hero and Kindness Award, and the Preciado Family, who accepted the Shining World Hero Award. May their stories continue to touch the hearts of others who learn of their true acts of citizenship and neighborly love.

Thank you, gentle viewers, for being with us on today’s program. Coming up next is Words of Wisdom, after Noteworthy News, here on Supreme Master Television. May you and your loved ones be blessed in safety and happiness.