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.
Britain’s Strongest Grandmother Breaks 4 World Records Just Months After Taking Up Powerlifting
‘Britain’s strongest grandmother’ has broken four world records just 18 months after taking up powerlifting “by accident”. At the age of 65, Martine Barons has become a four-time champion after lifting for Great Britain at the World and European Championships. The...
Son Receives 24-Year-old Letter Written by his ‘Hero’ Flight Attendant Mom who Crashed on 9/11
The mother’s letter survived four different moves and 24 years—it was destined to reach her son. Jevon Castrillo’s mother, Cee Cee Lyles, first wrote the letter in March of 2001. Her son had just finished a book end-to-end and Lyles wanted to share the good news with...
‘God is blessing me so I can bless others’ Woman Donates Lottery Winnings to Charities
A Virginia lottery winner immediately donated the entire sum of her winnings to three personally-important charities. Winning $150,000 after matching 4 of the 5 numbers plus the Powerball number, a $1 dollar Powerplay addition saw her standard $50,000 prize tripled....
Rarest Monkeys Now Number Close to 2,000 Thanks to One Man’s Jane Goodall-like Passion
From the BBC comes the story of an intrepid and dedicated scientist who has spent decades working in China’s mountain forests in an effort to protect and understand one of the nation’s most amazing animals. The golden sub-nosed monkey is revered alongside the giant...
Birth of UK’s Only Bonobo Baby Gives Fresh Hope for World’s Most Endangered Ape
Conservationists and zookeepers are celebrating our closest living relative giving birth to a healthy baby. Heart-tugging photos show the bonobo mother Yuli cradling her tiny newborn after it was born at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire last Thursday. Experts have...
Olympic Boxer Gives His Gold Medal to American Who Rightfully Beat Him Decades Ago (Watch the Tears)
It’s never too late to make amends. Nearly 35 years after his gold medal-winning boxing match, the guilt still weighed on South Korea’s Park Si-hun. He knew he lost in 1988, but was awarded the gold with a controversial 3-2 win over American Roy Jones Jr. at the...
Unlikely Animals Snuggling Together at the Denver Zoo Have Melted the Internet with Their Cuteness
We could all learn a few things from the animal world. This week’s lesson comes courtesy of a capybara and a howler monkey, two animals you would not expect to see together in close contact in the wild. The world’s largest rodent, capybaras are typically found in...
Farmer Pops the Question with Sky High Proposal Over a Special Canola Crop
An elementary school teacher in Australia has her head in the clouds after an elaborate marriage proposal from her new fiancé. Will Henderson’s sky-high idea hatched in the spring when he was preparing to seed the canola crop. Blooming yellow in September, he took...
Diligent Barber May Have Saved Boy’s Life After Spotting Cancerous Lump on His Neck
An eagle-eyed barber saved a teenager’s life by spotting a lump that turned out to be a rare cancer. A Turkish stylist name Firat Davutoglu spied it the 17-year-old’s neck after he’d come in for a trim of his back and sides. He advised him to “get it checked out”—and...
