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.
A Carousel Dream Helped A Marine Survive Vietnam, Then He Built it to Survive PTSD, Delighting Millions
In the trenches of Con Thien, Vietnam, a Marine Corps corporal used to quietly sit and dream about a carousel in a mountain meadow. His logic was simple: find the complete opposite of his surroundings of death, screaming hot shrapnel, and chaos. Sitting there holding...
Dozens of Disabled Californians Sail for the First Time to Experience the Weightlessness of the Water
Physical limitations were off-limits for a blessed and windy day in Sacramento, California. Dozens of people with various disabilities came down to the Lake Washington Sailing Club to experience the weightlessness of the water. They used boats that were specifically...
Woman Finds Abandoned Pup in Woods And Finds Perfect New Owners – Grieving a Dog Loss of Their Own
(Submitted by Florida woman who wished to remain anonymous) Just before last Christmas, I found an abandoned puppy, a pitbull-mix named Lola. On my way home to turn off a crock pot at noon (the only time in 4 years that I went home at lunch), I saw Lola at the edge of...
Walmart Heiress Opens Medical School with a Focus on Preventative Medicine
In Arkansas, a new medical school has just opened that aims to train a new generation of doctors on preventative medicine and whole-health principles. It was dreamed of and financed by arguably the world’s wealthiest woman—a Walmart heiress whose personal struggles...
‘Doing God’s Work’ Austin Korean Restaurant Hits 15,000 Free Meals
In the July heat, it may have seemed strange to see a line out of the door of Korea House Restaurant on a Wednesday afternoon. The Austin Asian eatery was preparing to do “God’s work” feeding their community for free. On the first Wednesday of every month, the first...
‘I Married the Hitchhiker we Picked Up on the Road’ – If Uber Would have Been Cheaper They’d Never Meet
A woman is counting her blessings that she was on the right road at the right time, after falling in love with a guy that she and her friend picked up hitchhiking. 27-year-old Maddy met Travis Becker while driving back from a night out with her friend in Byron Bay,...
Family’s Escaped Parakeet Found More Than a Hundred Miles Away from Home: ‘That’s Unheard of’
A much-loved parakeet has been found in Dorset, England after going missing from its London home more than 100 miles away. After having never left home before, the large green 7-year-old Alexandrine parakeet named Rambi took off on a Sunday when his cage was left open...
Guinness Record Holder for Most Premature Baby is Now Thriving at One Year Old–And All Giggles–After ‘Zero Odds’ to Live
The Iowa boy who was named by Guinness World Records as the world’s most premature baby has beat “impossible” odds to reach his first birthday. Born at just 21 weeks gestation – a staggering 133 days early – Nash Keen is now all giggles, said his parents Randall and...
Man Wracks Up 250,000 EV Miles Driving Neighbors in Need–and the Battery Still Has a Capacity of 92%
In the course of being a wonderful, kind-hearted neighbor, a California man inadvertently demonstrated the incredible reliability and longevity of his electric vehicle. And being that it’s a Ford Mustang Mach-E, which many derided as an abomination of the badge, it’s...
