I had an insane idea Sunday. Why not start a site dedicated to reporting only good news. A web site with content similar to what you find in those "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books but injected with a bit more humor. Their are seemingly endless web logs and general news sites dedicated to nothing but sarcasm and negativity. Surely there must be some demand, an audience, people who want some balance in the stories they read. I was sure there was.

So I designed it.

But as I was working on it I was also "sourcing sources" for content. It was hard. Very hard. I didn't intend for this to be a full time research project and it shouldn't be. It's probably pretty telling about the current state of our media and society when someone has to actually work hard at finding something positive and enlightening to read. Is the world that dark a place or is just not profitable to write something that is positive or enlightening?

Here are a couple sites that have managed to find something positive to say: Good News Network and Good News Blog

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