Mar 09 2008
It Isn’t All Bad News
I often hear people remark that there is nothing in the news, but bad news. I decided today to take a couple days worth of newspapers and see what I could discover that might not be bad news. It may take a little more looking, but I found that there is good news to be found.
I would like to share with you two articles that caught my attention in the newspaper today. The first was about a lady from Plattsburgh, NY. You may not know where that is, but it is about as far north as you can get in New York State and it is also home to the best college in the world, SUNY Plattsburgh ! Anyway, back to the story. This lady, Linda Howard found a bank deposit bag in the road. Inside was $15,000 and can you guess what she did? She headed for the local police department to turn it in. It turned out that an employee of a local business had set it atop her car and forgot about it. I can’t even imagine how surprised and pleased they were to get it back. Linda Howard is sure making the world a better place by being an honest citizen.
Another story in the paper that really kind of caught me off guard was about a politician from the Albany, NY area. Bob Reilly announced that he is donating his after tax salary to groups that need it in the Albany and Saratoga area. Over the years, this assemblyman has donated over $218,000 to such groups. He has a simple reason for this kindness, he wants people to think better of their government. That seems like a good reason to me, how about you?
So, it goes to show that news like anything else is all about perspective. There is good news to be found if you are looking and their is kindness all around us. Sometimes, we just need to take a fresh look. Here’s to hoping you are having a wonderful weekend.
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I love positiveness and especially positive news. Our local newspapers and networks should take a much needed cue from you and report on some of the outstanding citizens in our local neighborhoods!!
Sadly, a few newspapers that tried to publish only costive news have gone under. Our local papers try to do that by having volunteers write articles for it. they aren’t bad at all.
I see newspapers writing about bad things and not the good. I like seeing those things instead of bad. Makes me depressed when I see that. Newspapers need to publish how our children make the grades, or how someone was promoted at a job, making people feel good about themselves. Our paper have a section “Faith and Believe”. Talking about people and what they do and what they accomplished. Thats what I call news.
It’s unfortunate that you really have to go out of your way to find the good news, though. It would be nice to see more positive items above the fold on the front page. I guess that’s why we have the Internet and blogs like this, so we can find more positive things to think about than what the newspapers and television choose to tell us about.
-Allen
consider a headline banner that reads: KILLED WITH KINDNESS. a single act of kindness is all that is needed to set off a chain reaction of random acts for the common good. So, are you ready to begin toppling?