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June 25, 2019

Staying healthy and happy

How to Stay Healthy and Happy when times are difficult …   It’s been said that our mental health is suffering because of the difficult times in which we are living so I was interested when I came across an article giving suggestions on how to cope when the going gets tough. Exercising, spending time

May 31, 2019

Small actions making a big difference

Life’s full of surprises and this week I’ve been reminded that:  Hidden under all the everyday news of political strife, wars and catastrophes, there’s still plenty of good news to be had if you go out looking for it.  Really, I sometimes wonder how it remains hidden from most of us for so much of

May 21, 2019

The plight of bees

Southend Students Highlight the Plight of Bees and more good news…… Always on the lookout for the good news which rarely hits the headlines in these days of gloom and doom, I’m having a very rewarding week  …  lots of good things happening! 1. For starters, I had a very pleasant surprise when I attended

April 29, 2019

My Extinction Rebellion experience

As I’m trying to counteract the gloom and doom which pours out daily from our mainstream media by looking for the good news, I was pretty chuffed last week when I got involved with the Southend Extinction Rebellion group.  And what a friendly, inspiring group they are! I am wondering how you feel and what

April 23, 2019

Mend It If You Can!

The movement to ‘Mend It If You Can’ is a prime example of those small acts multiplied by millions of people…… My feeling that people at the grassroots have had enough and are changing the way they think and live has been given a boost this week by the arrival of Positive News –  the

April 17, 2019

Evolution of Human Consciousness

In my search for good news to lift my spirits in the face of the gloom and doom we’re fed daily in mainstream media, I didn’t have to look far to find that not only are big changes happening in our local communities where people are getting together and acting co-operatively to set up reading

March 08, 2019

There is an alternative and it’s better!

I’m taking a little sidestep away from my search for all the good news which is happening worldwide but which we rarely hear about. I recently came across a term new to me: QED (Quod Erat Demonstrandum) which means something on the lines of ‘What’s the bottom line? In one sentence!’ and that left me

March 06, 2019

Do we have a culture in the UK?

My search for good news took an unexpected turn this week when a friend asked me: ‘A comment is often made by certain groups of people that immigrants are destroying our culture. I certainly wouldn’t agree with that but actually, my question would be ‘Has the UK got its own culture?’ I actually don’t think

February 20, 2019

Is Britain Broken?

Is Britain Broken? Inside my head rest a few phrases which seem important and which pop up now and again for me to think about when the time is right. While dealing with my sadness and anger about Brexit, up popped a much-quoted David Cameron phrase ‘Britain is Broken’ which he used to describe the

January 31, 2019

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life My thinking and reading for the past couple of years – since Brexit and Trump really – trying to fathom just what’s going on in our crazy, chaotic world has led me through fear and anxiety and has brought many surprises, but my biggest surprise of all

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