Good news
The miraculous rescue of the Chilean miners was a great story last week. I’d been half heartedly following the news as I didn’t want to hear that the operation failed and we lost them all.
But we didn’t and reading the news while at work and counting down to how many were rescued and how many were still underground was shared by many in the office.
When I got home, we watched live, a rescue of the 6th (or 7th) – I can’t remember now, miner. It was an amazing sight and it was SO good to hear GOOD NEWS on CNN.
Mind you, the news guys were still predicting some kind of doom – just so to make the coverage interesting. I thought to myself – how come doom and gloom sells (or is being perceived as selling) and not warm and happy stories?
The Chilean story is an exception; good (great) news of human beings coming together to achieve one shared goal – to rescue the 33 trapped underground. It spoke of genuine danger, fear, potential lost of lives and the best part – miracle rescue. Not one of those men looked malnourished and they were in high spirits as they reached the surface. It made me smile and tear up a little.
And because of that amazing news, I’ve decided that from now on, I will scour the news for good news only and blog about it. I’m hoping that by doing this; I’ll be able to capture and share love, positivity and plain old-fashioned warm and fuzzy niceness.
So watch this space; as I surf the WWW for more good news.
