I’m in a much better mood today than I was the past previous days. Thanks to positive people in my life, I was able to recognize that I was being too hard on myself and focusing too much on the future and not enjoying the now. Its always good to look at the bigger picture, but to also enjoy the small steps it takes to get there. I’m grateful to those that opened my eyes to this.
Today was a great day for me because my boyfriend, who is also my best friend and greatest supporter, received news that he was accepted into the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate school program for Social Work. The thing that really struck me today was the fact that he did everything on a whim, just to see if he would get in and didnt actually believe he would get in because of his GPA. After applying and going to an interview, five days later he received notice that he was accepted. His acceptance has lit a fire under me to do the same thing that he has done– follow your gut and believe in yourself.
Another thing that really hit home for me was how genuinely happy I was for him. I was so proud of him for going after his gut feeling and doing what he thought was best for him. Not saying that I’m a fake person, but this was the first time, since my sister was accepted to play bball for University of Miami, where I felt an immense amount of joy for someone else for their achievement in something. it was like I felt as if I were the one who was accepted into the program.
This is something that I want to keep going. Feeling happy for someone else, genuinely feeling their joy is sometihng that i want to continue to do because it made me feel good in the process and feeling good about myself is something that will in turn benefit me to my greatest good.
Lori,
The GoodnewsDaily site is similar, and it's free, just like the Good News Network used to be:
http://www.goodnewsdaily.com
Thanks so much for that info, Brigit. I think I mentioned that in an earlier post on my CarePages blog, but GNN came to mind because I had just received the newsletter, and at just the right time.
I do believe that writers and editors should be able to make a living from their work, and as a writer and editor myself, am deeply worried about the state of journalism today. I know so many talented and committed journalists who've lost their jobs in recent years.
And – as the former editor of Bay Area BusinessWoman, I understand the challenge of keeping a publication afloat. We paid our writers far less than I thought they deserved, but we simply could not sell enough advertising to earn the revenue that would have allowed us to pay them more. And in today's economy…
Thanks again for the link to Goodnewsdaily. I checked it out -looks great!
-L
Smiles. No problem. I am not against journalists making money from their work but I have just a wee bit of a personal stake in choosing Goodnews Daily instead because I can *afford* the free site–I am currently on low income and much of the money I make that doesn't go directly towards rent goes towards food, books I need, etc. I am already a paying member of three different networking sites–two of them reunion sites for getting in touch with old classmates and one of them a forum/messageboard site that only enables paying members to post graphics and such–and I'm afraid that therefore my access to Goodnews Network is highly limited. Ah well.
I know this will change eventually. I'm an aspiring author myself–still "aspiring," not published, but I have my neighbor editing the finished rough draft of my first book and I hope to have any and all pre-publisher-read edits done by a few months from now. He said he should have the first few chapters and his suggestions for them done by the end of March. So that's all good.
Thank you for sharing your joy. Take care. Love, Brigit