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CALGARY – A photo showing an encouraging message stomped into the snow outside a Calgary hospital is gaining popularity online.

The photo posted to Instagram by nurse Anna Cruz on Sunday morning shows the phrase “get better” on the boulevard outside the Rockyview General Hospital.

Cruz tells Global News she was working with a patient in the hospital’s respiratory unit when she first saw the message.

“I told my patients ‘you have to look out the window, there’s something out there,'” said Cruz.

“Whoever did it, he cares,” added Cruz. “It’s really awesome. It really lifts up [the] spirits of our patients.”

“It shows that someone cares. It’s nice to live in a city where someone cares.” Tweet This

The heartfelt photo has earned over 140 Instagram ‘likes’ and has been shared on numerous social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.

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Calgary radio station 95.3 The Peak was able to speak with the man responsible for writing the uplifting message.

On-air personality Ashley Hinton tells Global News the anonymous do-gooder called the station on Monday afternoon to speak about why he did it.

“His brother had just been diagnosed with cancer… and so he was at the hospital with his brother and just wanted to send a message out to his brother,” said Hinton.

“He said, ‘I looked down at that strip of snow and it looked like a banner that I should put a message on,’ so he went down there and he shuffled his feet.”

“He’s just a wonderful man. It’s a wonderful little story and it’s something so simple.” Tweet This

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“Everybody is touched by cancer, so I think it’s something that everyone can relate to.”