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 Man Will Listen to You Talk About Anything, Won’t Charge a Dime, and Is Coming to a Town Near You
A former social worker in Canada is enjoying his retirement in a very similar way to how he enjoyed his long career: by listening to people. Likening it to being the “stranger on the airplane” in the seat next to you, Paul Jenkinson is currently on a cross-Canada tour...
The Sole Prototype of the First Chinese Typewriter Was Discovered in a New York Basement
A Stanford scholar has been rewarded for his work documenting Chinese computing by winning his university the chance to purchase the only known prototype of the first-ever Chinese typewriter after it was found in a basement. Receiving offers through Facebook and...
Boy Had to Go Barefoot for 13 Years After Childhood Injury–But Can Now Wear Shoes Thanks to Free Surgery
A boy who couldn’t wear shoes until the age of 13 due to a childhood injury that left his feet deformed has had a life-changing surgery. Courtesy of the floating medical charity that is Mercy Ships, 14-year-old Tera can now wear sneakers for the first time in his life...
Women Reunited With Sister After DNA Test and 57-year Search Ends the Mystery of a Forced Adoption
Two women found their long-lost sister after a 57-year search thanks DNA test results that sounded like an ‘April Fools prank’. Now in their 60s, sisters Trish and June spent their lives searching for their oldest sibling, Geraldine, who is more than a decade older....
Exceptionally Well-Preserved Remains of a 5,000-Year-Old Woman from Elite Coastal Culture Found in Peru
A team of archaeologists has found the burial of an elite woman in Áspero, an ancient fishing city of the Caral civilization (3000-1800 BCE) located in the province of Barranca, near Lima. She was between 20 and 35 years old when she died, and was entombed inside the...
How a Gift from Pope Francis Inspired a Restaurant Owner to Feed the Hungry for Years
When firefighters pulled a silver crucifix from the ashes of Bruno Serato’s burned out California restaurant, he took it as a sign from god: though he lost so much, he needed to keep faith in the lord and keep going. Since that day, one of Anaheim’s most beloved...
He Was Injured with Crutches When a Group of Scary Teens Offered ‘the Kindness of Strangers’
From the Guardian comes the story of a man who at his most vulnerable received commendable kindness from a source all unlooked to. Part of the paper’s “Kindness of Strangers” series, the report tells the story of Richard Munoz, who broke his ankle playing basketball...
Woman Hires Private Detective and Finds 2 Long-Lost Sisters After 44 Years and the Death of Adoptive Parents
An adopted woman met her two sisters for the first time in 44 years—after hiring a private detective to track down her birth family. Magda Berg hired the detective after her own 20-year search hit a dead end. She paid $1,300 and had the names and addresses of her...
For 10 Years Running, West Virginia Boasts 5th-Lowest Recidivism Rate Among US States
Beyond the lyrics of a certain John Denver song, West Virginia tends to get a bad rap for being impoverished and backward, but this small mountainous state has a secret to success concealed beneath its wooded cloak. A recent report by Suzuki Law found that West...
