My phone has a special talent for delivering terrible news right when I’m trying to fall asleep, so I’ve started fighting back. Every so often I go looking for wholesome news on purpose, like a raccoon digging for the one good snack in the trash. Turns out there’s a lot of it, it just doesn’t yell as loud. Here’s a pile of the good stuff, sorted by nobody and enjoyed thoroughly by me.
The Prince of Darkness, out here funding the light.
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My dog has been my unpaid personal trainer for six years.
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My face, my rights, my terrible passport photo.
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Dolly Parton remains undefeated in every category.
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Accidental hero is the best kind of hero.
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Me, holding a pink basket with frozen pizza and hope.
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Finally, science I can fully commit to.
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I’ll admit my favorite heartwarming stories are about grown adults quietly doing one weird, good thing for decades. A man planting a tree every single day until he had a forest. A retiree with eighteen drones who has found over a hundred lost pets and one escaped cow. I can’t keep a basil plant alive for a week, and these people are running search and rescue.
The fun facts hit differently, too, mostly because they confirm things I already wanted to be true. Sleeping next to your dog is good for you. Squirrels have planted millions of oak trees by forgetting where they put their snacks, which is also how I lose my keys, just with less forest. Add Sweden texting blood donors when their donation saves someone, and that’s faith in humanity restored before dinner.
I think we share this stuff because good news feels like a secret you’re allowed to tell. It doesn’t fix everything, and it isn’t supposed to. It just reminds you that while the loud stuff is happening, somebody somewhere is planting trees, mailing books to kids and flying a drone over a cornfield looking for somebody’s dog.
Somewhere a stranger is doing something kind on purpose, and they’ll never post about it.
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