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.
Americans Who Took-in Stranded Koreans During Christmas Blizzard Just Flew Over the Ocean to Visit Their House
During the record-setting blizzard in New York state last winter, a tour bus of South Korean visitors to our shores found hospitality with two locals—the Campagnas—when their bus got stuck in the snow in Buffalo. Staying two nights, snow plows eventually had the...
After Her Dog Died, 100-Year-old was ‘Sad and Quiet’ Until Daughter Finds Shelter With Adorable Senior Chihuahua Named Gucci
After a 100-year-old Californian lost her beloved dog, the “sad and quiet” senior was cured of her melancholy by the introduction of a senior chihuahua. Without letting her advanced age stand in the way of her love for dogs, Johanna Carrington, originally from...
Woman Overcomes Homelessness And Then Wins $5 Million Lottery
A California woman who recently overcame homelessness is now a millionaire after winning the $5 million prize in a lottery scratch-off game. Lucia Forseth had no housing in 2017, but she battled back to overcome the challenges within a few years. But this month Ms....
High School Math Teacher Named 2023 Teacher of the Year For Her ‘One Good Thing’ Classroom Ritual
Rebecka Peterson can add ‘Teacher of the Year’ to her ongoing classroom ritual of naming one good thing that happened each day. The Tulsa, Oklahoma math teacher brightens every day with a love for her students and a steadfast determination to show the joy that can...
Woman Lost 8 Days in the Australian Bush Survives to See Her 4 Children Again ‘It is miraculous’
“I was ecstatic to have this outcome,” said Detective Inspector Jason Shepherd. The experienced policeman knew that someone reported missing for 8 days in Australia’s rugged outback has a slim chance. “It is miraculous,” he told ABC News, just 30 minutes after having...
Small Acts of Kindness Are Universal: Global Study Finds People Help Each Other Every 2 Minutes
An international study of people on five continents has found that humans help each other with small things about every 2 minutes, and acquiesce to calls for help overwhelmingly more often than reject them. For sociologists, understanding the root of any kind of human...
MIRACLE MONDAY: Homeless For 28 Years, Linda is Offered Miracle Reunion With Her Family and Moves Back Home
Just in time for Mother’s Day, this week’s Miracle Monday column showcases a heartwarming family reunion for a woman who had been living on the streets for 28 years, and finally got the chance to return home to Wisconsin. “We waited 28 years. Every year, every day,...
A Mom Posted to Find Friends for 24-yo Son with Down Syndrome–the Flood of Support Shocked Her
Christian Bowers has Down Syndrome, but likes to do normal guy stuff like go bowling and play video games. Making friends was never hard for the young man, now 24, until he finished school and found, as many people without Down Syndrome do for that matter, it’s not as...
Hero of Dunkirk Who Was Still Pumping Weights at 100-yo Shares His Secret: ‘I’m So Full of Life’
One of Britain’s last remaining Dunkirk veterans still walks a mile every day after celebrating his 105th birthday. John Hamilton said the secret to staying young was keeping fit, and despite now living in a care home he continues to live an active lifestyle. To wit,...
