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.
Kindness of Strangers Buoys a Family Caring for Their Terminally Ill 6-year-old Girl
A saga in Australia’s news media has come to a head in the best possible way, as a struggling family and their terminally ill 6-year-old daughter are being moved into special housing ’round the clock care. ABC News Down Under originally broke the story on June 23rd...
Man With Locked-in Syndrome Completes 50k Word Book – Using Just His Eyes
An Englishman living with rare locked-in syndrome has completed a 50,000 word autobiography, using just his eyes. Howard Wicks suffered a serious stroke as a teenager in Devon, leaving every muscle in his body paralyzed, except for his eyes. The book chronicles the...
28-Year-old Man is Overwhelmed With Emotion After Hearing for the First Time–Watch
A Los Angeles man was overwhelmed with emotion after hearing voices clearly for the first time, thanks to a cochlear implant. Aric Hoffmann has lived with hearing impairment since he was a boy, after contracting meningitis when he was just six months old. Up until...
Lotus Grown from 200-year-old Seed in Full Bloom at Kyoto’s Byōdō-in Temple – (LOOK)
At a famous Buddhist temple in Japan, pots of lotus flowers augment the already breathtaking scenery of the temple—but they’re more than what they seem. The lotus is a foundational part of Buddhist iconography, but the plants sitting in front of the UNESCO World...
Kindergarten Student Brings Audience to Tears Remembering Late Mom in Graduation Speech
There wasn’t a dry eye in the room when young Jaxon Carter delivered a speech as he graduated from Kindergarten, dedicating his hard work, good grades, and spelling bee victory to his deceased mother. The 6-year-old lost his “beautiful mommy” Taryn Marie Gainey in an...
Woman Discovers Thrift Store Vase She Bought for $4 is Made by Ancient Mayans and Volunteers to Give it Back
Anything could have happened to the vase as it sat on a shelf in Anne Lee Dozier’s Washington D.C. home. A cat, dog, or any one of her three boys could have elbowed it onto the floor while roughhousing, and instead of ending up at Mexico’s National Museum of...
Voyager 1 Returning Science Data from All Four Instruments After Months of Radio Silence
Two months after NASA crews reestablished diagnostic communications with Voyager 1, they just recently received scientific observational data as well. Transmitted via the last remaining instruments still operational aboard the furthest man-made object from Earth, the...
She Finally Earned Her Stanford Master’s Degree at 105: ‘I’ve waited a long time for this’
Stanford University’s recent graduation ceremony featured 105-year-old Virginia Hislop completing a master’s degree in education 83 years after she started her coursework. Put on hold in favor of the bounties of life, a husband and family, World War II, and a long...
Boy Who Got Free Life-Changing Leg Surgery Returns to Same Hospital Ship a Decade on–Wanting to Be a Doctor
A boy who was given life-changing leg surgery as a toddler has returned to the same hospital ship a decade later, declaring he wants to become a doctor himself. Romino developed bowed legs in early childhood which prevented him from walking properly. Doctors in his...
