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 Waiter in Canada is Learning Cree to Better Serve Customers: ‘Immediately People Would Light Up’
Allegedly, there is a saying among the Cree Nation that goes “listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.” For Adam Rieger, a waiter at a cafe in Saskatchewan, it was his listening that opened up a world of human connection when he decided he should learn the language...
Father-Son Were Trying to Find Roman Road but Found a Shovelful of 16th C. Silver Coins Instead
In the Polish forests north of Warsaw, a father and son were out with a local historical society when they found 17 pre-modern coins which may be worth around $120,000. They were supposed to be looking for the remains of a Roman road, but the metal detectors found the...
National Geographic Scientists Discover ‘World’s Largest’ Coral–Size of 5 Tennis Courts
On an expedition to the Solomon Islands, divers affiliated with National Geographic have found the world’s largest single coral colony ever recorded. It’s longer than the largest blue whale. At 34 meters (111 feet) in length, and with a width of 32 (105) meters, it...
Couple Uses Wedding Fund to Pay for Surgery on Injured Dog Found on Side of Road: ‘She Deserved a Chance’
A couple in Arkansas have emptied their savings and wedding fund to save a 10-month old dog found stricken by the side of the road. Weeks have passed, and their their love has inspired $39,000 in donations to help save the pooch and replace the money they so...
Father-Daughter Duo Won the Race to Decode an Extraterrestrial Message–Sent from Mars to Test Humanity
These white dots arranged in five clusters against a black background simulate an extraterrestrial signal transmitted from Mars and deciphered by a father-daughter team on Earth after a year-long decoding effort. The project was organized by some of the world’s top...
Texas Woman Sets Record for Donating Almost 700 Gallons of Breastmilk
An extraordinary woman from Texas has claimed a Guinness World Record thanks to her generous heart, and a little help from some other organs. Alyse Ogletree has set the world record for the most amount of breastmilk donated by a single person—2,645.58 liters—or just...
Man Labeled ‘brain dead’ May Be First to Recover from Extreme Locked-in Syndrome
A man labeled “brain dead” has become the first ever to recover from an extreme form of locked-in syndrome, which paralyzed him so completely he couldn’t even blink—something patients of this disease have in the past used to communicate—and even write books. In 2017,...
4-Year-old Girl Told She’d ‘Never Walk’ takes Her First Steps–With Sisters Screaming as They Shoot Video
A four-year-old girl, who doctors said would never walk, has defied expectations to take her first steps. When she was a baby, Scottie Mae Blair was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome—a rare genetic condition that causes severe physical and learning disabilities. Her...
Dad Who Wanted to be a Pilot Builds Incredible Real-Life Simulator in His Home–Now his Daughter’s Obsessed (Watch)
An Englishman who was told he “wasn’t clever enough” to become a pilot has built an incredible $25,000 flight simulator in his home using spare parts—and now he and his daughter can ‘fly’ every day. Craig Cullingworth spent two years building his accurate model of a...
