Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A Change in News!

On cable TV today, ABC News at 9 on KOFY, to my surprise, the news were all good! Not the usual network tv news, not the usual bad news we're ever so used to hear! I got tired of the "Mystery of MH Fl 370", Ukraine Crisis and so on, so I decided to go to a cable channel and check what else was on. I tell you, I was really pleased with the news stories, like the young Caucasian woman, a waitress, who had been through so many adversities in life, but she was simply a good, honest, hard-working person, and somehow, by word of mouth, she became known in her town. One day, 2 people went to the restaurant she worked at and ate there pretending they were separate customers but the whole thing was set up. The whole scenario was taken by a hidden camera she didn't know about except by the restaurant's owners. She went about her usual business. After dinner, the guy gave her a $1000.00 tip. Next, the lady put a car key on the tip plate. The waitress couldn't believe what she saw. She thought there was a mistake, so she returned them to the customers and each one told her it was hers. She didn't understand, of course. The lady then brought her outside the restaurant, and in fromt, there was a brand new car with a huge ribbon, a genuine gift, waiting for the waitress! She must really be exceptionally good, so very special, as to attract attention like that, and be openly rewarded like that! Now that's good news!

Another one was that of a young black guy who applied to all the Ivy League schools for college. "A crazy idea!" he thought. Perhaps, but... he was an absolutely exceptional, outstanding student in high school. So... he tried all the top schools. And... all the Ivy League schools, ALL the best schools in the country, accepted him. Yes! ALL THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS ACCEPTED HIM!! Now he has to make a decision, a hard one at that, which school to choose. His parents migrated from Ghana to New York and both studied to become nurses. Now he wants to become a medical doctor. How about that... Great story!

Also, there was the cast of  the musical, "The Lion King" going to Australia to do shows there and while waiting for their plane to take off, they decided to sing their songs, entertaining the other passengers on the plane. What fun!

The whole hour was all about good news, all positive.

What a relief! We thrive so much on the negative, isn't it time to focus on the positive? Even if it's just a local story, the ripple effect of that is tremendous. Remembering what Dai Lama said, paraphrasing, "if every 5-year old child, every 5-year old child in the world, were taught by his/her parents about COMPASSION, there will be world peace in the next generation."

The journey of a lifetime starts with the first step... One small step at a time...

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