Johnny Molson believes that people are fundamentally decent, it's just that 'the bad people tend to be louder'. In this interview he explores how the World Gratitude Map helps amplify the good.
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South Africa Loves the World Gratitude Map, Too
We Love the World With You In It!
Happy Valentines Day. This week America observes Valentine's Day, the holiday of love. For those in a happy relationship it can be wonderful. For others, this constant barrage of ads and articles can feel awkward, even painful.
Sad? Lonely? Find someone who needs your help. You'll feel better and they will too. Research suggests such interactions are good for us. A recent Wall Street Journal article proclaims: "People Who Put Their Mates' Needs First Make Themselves Happier". A quick canvas of our World Gratitude Map elicits hundreds of expressions of such grateful love.
The best part? For every windswept "I'm grateful for my soulmate" there is a more mundane "my husband vacuumed my car!" "Empied the dishwasher! or simply, "My wife is a kind and sympathetic person." And then there's Ted: "Ted adores me, puts up with my insecurities and kisses me so it curls my toes! Plus he composts." Because the most resilient people manage to see the love in front of them. They notice the everyday good. Everyday. Even if it's just Ted carrying the banana peels out back.
Good News Travels Fast
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Prison inmates rescue boys from a capsized canoe. An abandoned post office in Antarctica reopens. Window washers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh dress as Superheroes A 4th grader performs the Heimlich maneuver to save a friend's life.
What do these stories have in common? Aside from their happy, hopeful bent. each can be accessed by clicking the Happy News Tab at the top of this page.
Worn down by the day's news? Let us help you keep your eye on all that is Good and Beautiful and Possible in the World. It's right there, when we look for it.
Click on the Happy News link above for more stories of helpers, hope & innovation.
Browse the World Gratitude Map for more reasons to be glad.
America Magazine Loves The World Gratitude Map, Too.
Thanks to the Editors of America Magazine for this shout-out. What an apt and succinct description:
"The World Gratitude Map (gratitude.crowdmap.com) tracks outbreaks of gratefulness across the earth in microposts from gratitudees, geographically e-pegged and telling tales of good fortune and thanks that can be read by all. The map has tracked thankfulness for a sunset in Cape Town, South Africa, heroic snow-plowing in Nova Scotia and those times a great mom and a sister “have been there” in Boise, Idaho." http://americamagazine.org/issue/current-comment-2
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