The reason why I started this blog was because I got numb from all of the negative stuff I read and saw. I knew I had a problem when I shrugged at hearing about some shooting. It’s like “oh, this week’s shooting took place in…”. There’s no sting for me. And it was wearing me down, man.

Insert Daily Good News

It’s been really fun finding and posting various stories that I’ve shown you so far. Keep in mind that I was doing that with the Daily Good Stuff and even back when it was Good Friday posts. So, I’ve been doing this for a while now. However, this is the first time I’ve really focused on it. As in most things, when you first start, the new discoveries can be fascinating. But then, after a while, it can get old.

Part of it is human nature, I guess. We need constant stimulation. Something fresh.

Already, there were a couple of times whole researching for stories where I kinda zoned out. Like it was a chore. Yeah, we all have our days. Right now, I’m not close to being bored with it all. But, I know it can happen. It’s possible that hearing about a hero can cause me to shrug.

But, is that a bad thing?

Heck, I’d love to live in a world where good news runs dominant. I’d love to be shoved in the face with miracle after breakthrough, after hero, after charitable donation after another for a long time. At least, more than I would about the latest war, killing, theft, scandal, and more.

Wouldn’t you?

We need balance so we can’t eliminate one area of news. At least, I don’t think so.

Anyway, when does the good news become stale for me, personally? It’s tough to say. I look at Daily Good Stuff. I made it to the 250’s or 60’s. By the mid 100’s, it was kinda starting to go through the motions. You change up a feature here or there but it sort of got stale. So, I guess if the same thing happens to this feature I’m running, then March is when I might start feeling “blah” towards good news.

See, right now, any piece of good news stimulates me to post on the blog. But, at some point, and this is a slight fear, that I will treat good news as “not as good as something else” and then not even post it. Knowing fully that today I would’ve. I don’t want to leave out a good story just because I feel like it’s “been there and done that”. Somebody may really be touched by that story even though I may not be.

So, I will have to force myself to look at everything just as I do today. Like I said before, passion drives the blog. I have to keep my fire lit. I have to connect to the stories, or at least most of them.

Still, I can;t imagine being bored with good news as a real problem.

-DALANEL