It is important to share good news.  Sharing good news is passing on positive energy that can elicit the sensation that creates goodwill.  When bad news abounds and there is no good news to counter that feeling, it can cause people to fear and show anger.  Fear can never produce the endorphins we need to feel a sense of well-being.  Anger is the outcropping of fear.  And fear is the enemy of goodwill.  That’s why good news is needed in so many situations.

I often wonder why human beings choose to cling to negative obstacles rather than follow a path to a more peaceful life.  I don’t mean a life without care or worries, because there are many factors out of a person’s control, such as health problems and poverty.  But I have witnessed people who refuse to be consumed by self-pity or anger even when their lives are full of these challenges.  With two people who have an identical problem, one may choose to see the as glass half-full while another person may choose to see the very same thing as half-empty.

Many of the attitudes we have as adults were passed on to us by our families.  The family is the first source of what feelings and attitudes are acceptable.  Their values are the only ones that exist in young children’s lives.

So then, when a person faces the world outside, an attitude has already been formed.  Good news may not even be trusted.  However, the more that good news permeates our communication in the media and life outside our homes, the more likely it is to see the hopeful possibilities that are in our midst.

Good news needs to have a louder voice in all of our lives.  The continuous barrage of negative messaging in the news, social media and conversations we have with others need to be counteracted or challenged with positive ones.  We need to spread our own good news to as many people as we can.  People are all around us, doing good things and we all need to spread that information to every person we can reach.  Good news has no negative side effects.  And it makes you feel better by doing it.  There is nothing to lose and everything to gain.  So let’s do ourselves a favor and spread good news!