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.
Armless 7-Year-old Boy Gets to Finally Go Fishing–After Donation of a New ‘Hero Arm’ (LOOK)
A seven-year-old boy born without an arm has been able to hold a fishing rod with two hands for the first time. Alex Sparkes spent birthdays ‘wishing his arm would grow’, but now he’s happily casting alongside his dad using a new ‘life-changing’ $16,000 prosthetic...
The ‘Do Good Fest’ Raised Nearly $1.5 Million for Vermont After Historic Flooding
The National Life Insurance Company was founded 175 years ago in Montpelier, Vermont—and, following historic flooding, they are still living up to their motto: ‘Believe in tomorrow. Do good today.’ They were set to hold their annual benefit concert, the Do Good Fest,...
Paris District Declared the ‘Republic of Good-Neighbors’ Working to Revive Conviviality and Cut Loneliness
In the south of Paris’ city center, the 14th arrondissement is conducting a neighborhood-wide experiment on deliberate living by consciously choosing to be good neighbors. It’s an effort aimed at combatting the paradox of the big city: millions of people crammed...
Eight Habits to Take Up by Age 40 if You Want to Live Decades Longer
Researchers who studied the lifestyles of 700,000 Americans found men who had adopted all eight by age 40 lived around 24 years longer than those who had none. Women who did so lived 21 years longer, according to the findings. The eight habits are: being physically...
Artist Drops Sketchbook With Years of Work Lost Until Toronto Steps up to Help
From Toronto comes a lovely story about lost and found, and how this nearly universal feature of Western society can bring out the best in people. Dmitry Bondarenko, a Toronto-based artist and lecturer, had spent 10 years filling up a 5×7 black sketchbook of paintings...
Tiny Baby That Fit Inside Mom’s Hand is Home Laughing After 181 Days in Hospital Not Expected to Survive
A first-time Pennsylvania mom who was told her baby “wouldn’t make it” because he was born so small, now says he is “thriving” at home following 181 days in hospital. Zaylan was born when Krysten Risbon went into labor 16 weeks early. He had a hole in his heart and...
Miss England Inspires Girls to Be Rocket Scientists After Graduating With Aerospace Engineering Degree
Crowned Miss England, Jessica Gagen is on a mission to become an astronaut, and has just graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. The 27-year-old became the first ever redhead winner of the prestigious beauty pageant last year in...
Mythical City of Underground Labyrinths Found Beneath Altar of 15th Century Church in Mexico
Is there anything in science more exciting than when an ancient legend is confirmed by modern research? Archaeologists in Mexico were able to experience this exact triumph when they found evidence that a mythical underground city lies undisturbed beneath the altar of...
Stunned Researchers Discover that Metals Can Heal Themselves ‘Without Human Intervention’
Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can be harnessed, it could usher in an...
