Why isn't good news... newsworthy?

Each night we watch the local and national

news… 90% of the adult population does.

We see anger, we see killings, we see the

sour and the bad side of things.. it is a constant

part of our news.  Every day…

Yes, we are getting a little breathier with the

holidays coming.  So you see some goodwill

to all… at least that is the sales pitch.

But come January 2^nd, we will be back to

the sour side of life.

But what about the good side of life? Why

doesn’t that sell papers, or bring ratings to

the stations, so that they want to cover it.

Who knows.. maybe just maybe there are a

lot more good news than bad.  Just bad news

sells. 

There are things going on daily, that rarely

get a mention in the paper or heaven forbid

the television news.

Once in a blue moon, Oprah or Ellen, show

us people who are out there.. passing food

out to the homeless.. or passing blankets, or

finding some good to do for others. 

There are people out there who do good things

on a constant base…   we have one place here,

that has a spaghetti feed for the Lion’s club

Toys for Tots every year.. She also has had

many of dinners for raising money for some

one who lost a house, who has cancer, who

has something go wrong in their lives.. That

their friends come up with an idea and this

woman opens her restaurant for those fund

raisers.  Not only does this woman do such

things.. but now her adult daughter, takes

over the stove on Monday nights.  The regular

hours are from 5am to 2pm.  But on Monday

night.. at 4pm to 7pm, it is open to all.. for

free..  Soup and bread, and I think a salad.

all free.  Every Monday…  Just so those who

don’t have the money to go out, who don’t

have a place to go for dinner, who can’t afford

it.. but also they encourage other to join them.

Then this past Thanksgiving.. just like last

Year.. they open their place up for a free

dinner ..  and this year they added clothes.

They did a drive for donated, gloves, boots,

coats… and were over whelmed with the

generous customers… and it took Thanks

Giving and a Monday night soup before

they were all gone. 

I know there are others.. in your town, I am

sure there are people who do such things.

Teen kids who go out of their way to help

others who are less fortunate… not just

once, but time and again..  Why aren’t

these the good news we hear.. on a daily

basis????   

Isn’t good news worth seeing?  They say they

give us what we want.. they show it, we watch

it,  so therefore we must want that kind.   Sad..

sad indeed.