Senior News Line: Reasons to smile

With all the negative, questionable and just plain bad news out there lately, I’ll take good news anywhere I can find it. And one place is the Good News Network website at www.goodnewsnetwork.org.

GNN, started in 1997, currently has 21,000 good news stories from around the world.

There’s a free app, and if you don’t like to see ads, you can pay a yearly fee of $15 to get rid of them. Or, click the “Subscribe” button to get a free bit of good news in your email each day.

There’s even a GNN book: “And Now, The Good News: 20 Years of Inspiring News Stories,” by Geri Weis-Corbley, available on Amazon in paperback.

The reviews for the book are great, saying that the short stories are real mood-lifters. I’ll be ordering it.

Here’s an example: The bank that lost 66 of its employees on 9/11 has paid to put all those employees’ kids through college. How great is that?

Here’s another one from the book: A piece of a family farm was being sold at auction and a very young family member wanted to bid and hopefully win back the property. By common agreement, all the other 200 farmers at the auction stayed silent while the young family member was bidding. He won back the family’s farmland.

The Good News Network isn’t the only bright spot. Positive News at www.positive.news will send a good news email once a week.

If you’d rather look around on your own, do an online search for good news, positive world news or even good news for seniors. You’re sure to find something to smile about.