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.
Powerlifter with Down Syndrome Hailed an Inspiration After Overcoming His Challenges to Win Double European Gold
In Bordeaux, a British powerlifter with Down Syndrome is a walking, pressing, squatting inspiration to all who watch him compete, and he’s just bagged the 5th gold medal of his career. At just 127 pounds (57 kg) Dan MacGauley took first place in the European Bench...
A New Study Finds that Performing Acts of Kindness Improves Mental Health Symptoms
Humans are hardwired to feel good when performing acts of kindness towards others, an imperative trait in any animal that evolves to live and hunt in social groups. This is such a truism that performing random acts of kindness for other people was more effective in...
Malaysian Lawyer Helps Woman Who Stole Pencil Box; Gets Surprise from Her Son 25 Years Later
The year was 1998, and Malaysian lawyer Ahmad Zaharil was a bit confused when he saw a distressed Indian-Malaysian woman in her 50s being brought into a courtroom to be charged with shoplifting. Zaharil felt compelled, he explained in a TikTok video, to ask her what...
Grandma Runs Week-long Summer Camp for 11 Grandchildren–With Daily Menu, Activity Schedule, Homemade Trophies
A dedicated grandma has run a week-long summer camp to bring her 11 grandchildren together for daily meals, and activity schedules, with homemade trophies and gold medals. Narnie Shyrel Mack has four daughters and takes looking after her grandchildren very seriously....
College Athlete Learns His Teammate Donates Plasma to Afford School–So He Gave Him His Scholarship
A collegiate athlete who had won a scholarship to Eastern Michigan University to play football gave it all away to his teammate who was struggling to pay tuition bills. Without a doubt, offensive lineman Brian Dooley would have been extremely proud to have earned a...
Senior Finds Love and Connection Greeting People at Walmart After Husband Dies: ‘Working is beautiful therapy’ (WATCH)
In colorful clogs and a blue hat to match her Walmart team vest, 86-year-old Mary Ruth Robinson is a greeter at the Carrollton, Kentucky location. But to the people shopping there, she is so much more: an infectious personality with the power to turn around anyone’s...
Teen Floundering in Foster Care Finally Gets to be a Sister With Real Family for First Time
At five years old, Merriah entered foster care after enduring abuse and neglect from parents with mental health and substance abuse problems. For nine long years, she went back and forth between multiple foster homes and her mother’s home, never experiencing the...
Gamer Cop Turns Complaint Call Against Young Man Into Opportunity to Playtogether Online (WATCH)
It’s not every day one reads that a young black man’s day was made after the cops were called on him. The scene was set for the boy’s day to be succinctly ruined: in the Georgian town of Hapeville, an unnamed fellow was going door to door asking if there were any...
She Lost Her Father’s Ashes but a Stranger Digs 4 Hours Through Trash to Find Them
When Emily Dickerson lost a ring containing a jewel made of her father’s ashes, an unlikely set of heroes emerged to return it to her. The 17-year-old was out in San Antonio performing with her school choir, when at the end of the week the organizers decided to take...
