Inspiring News
From the Good News Network
Sometimes the news can show the darker side of local and world events. But there is so much more! We found the Good News Network online and find their writing and focus to align well with our virtues and beliefs. We have included some excerpts below borrowed from their site. The link above with direct you to their site for further information and to subscribe directly.
This Wheelchair Skateboarding Teacher Already Conquered Mountains and Marathons
This rolling inspiration is Xie Junwu, an iron-willed wheelchair-bound althlete who’s climbed mountains, completed marathons, and now spends his days skateboarding. Xie has been breaking records and barriers for years with his wheelchair capabilities, and now in...
Girl Sitting in Dirt at Bus Stop Gets Surprise Bench From Couple – Camera Catches Jumps for Joy (WATCH)
Florida teachers Maren and David Douglass went viral for some heartwarming acts of kindness shown to a young schoolgirl whose bus stop was assigned to the end of their driveway. (See her sitting in the top-left of the photo above…) People magazine reported the couple...
Retirees Who Lost Spouses Fall in Love Again at 88, After Meeting in the Gym
A pair of retirees who both lost their partners have fallen in love again at age 88—after meeting among the barbells at the gym. Now widowed, Barbara Thompson and Fred Jenkins said they’d never expected to find love again after their long-term partners both passed...
Bereaved Parents Ask Court to Consider ‘Lightest Possible Sentence’ for Driver Who Killed Their Son
“If the court is able to consider it, we respectfully request that she receive the lightest possible sentence.” These unspeakably brave words come from a court statement penned by the bereaved parents of a 4-year-old boy killed after a car struck their shopping cart...
Stranger Anonymously Pays $420 Lunch Tab for 27 Disabled Residents and Caregivers
Members of a South Korean disabled community group were shocked to hear that a total stranger had paid for their barbecue lunch worth $420. The story begins when the party of 27 community center staff and disabled residents from the city of Incheon, just west of the...
Man Named ‘Service’ Cleans Up NYC Dumping Site on His Own Initiative
It’s not uncommon to walk past litter in a major city: what’s uncommon is stopping to do something about it. Yet it wasn’t just litter that Queens resident Joshua Service walked past on a recent rail commute, but a spontaneous dumping site. Mr. Service whipped out his...
A Chance Meeting in a Chinese Restaurant Saved a Man’s Life – As Everything Happens for a Reason
Everything happens for a reason. Every small choice can create lasting change—and even save a life. That’s what David Couture was reminiscing about, recently, when he shared with GNN a miraculous story from more than a decade ago. He moved into a townhouse in Dover,...
3 Italian ‘Hobbits’ Searched for Irishman’s ‘Precious’ Wedding Ring for Days Before Bringing it to His Home
A man’s misfortunate on vacation turned into a story fit for a fantasy novel, as complete strangers came to his rescue inspired by The Lord of the Rings. Losing his wedding ring in a mountain stream, 3 young men summoned a determination worthy of Tolkien’s masterpiece...
TikTok Star Is Rallying Strangers to Make an 86-year-old’s Dream Come True (WATCH)
An 86-year-old man named Dale has spent nearly four decades welding a 62-foot steel boat in his front yard. Now, a wave of kindness is bringing his long-held dream within reach—just when it seemed to be beyond his reach. Dale, from Mineral Wells, Texas, started the...
