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50 Uplifting And Wholesome Posts That Are As Close As It Gets To Anti-Depressants
Some mornings, it's hard to roll out of bed and face the day. One of the things that helps is believing that there's still kindness, joy, and humor waiting for us in the world.
That's where the Facebook page 'I Love My Family' comes in. It's packed with lighthearted, wholesome posts about goofy pets, considerate strangers, the simple magic of a sunset, and plenty of other delights that make us smile.
At first glance, they might seem trivial, but they're exactly the kind of warmth that melts stress.
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For over 12 years, a Dutch nursing home has been providing free rent to students in exchange for 30 hours each month assisting them, keeping them company and hosting dinners for them. The program has also helped students feel they have a support system. Many of the students and elderly have become life-long friends who surpass the 30-hour requirement and it isn't unusual to hear "love you" in the halls.
We might not have to make separate publications focused solely on the positive if the media wasn't suffering from such a bad case of negativity bias. And it's not just us saying so.
A few years ago, a team of researchers set out to analyze emotion in 23 million headlines published between 2000 and 2019 in 47 popular American outlets.
They used Transformer language models fine-tuned for detection of sentiment (positive, negative) and Paul Ekman's six basic emotions (anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise) plus neutral to automatically label the headlines. The results were grim.
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GPawesomeness 3 months ago
Seen this story many times, hope it's being repeated because it's true. If not, who cares? It is a beautiful lesson either way.........
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Upstaged75 3 months ago
Male ballet dancers are some of the most amazing athletes in the world!
A pattern of increasing negative sentiment in headlines over time was significant. Between 2000 and 2019, the average sentiment score of headlines dropped by about 314%.
The shift toward negativity became steeper after 2010, and another test showed that this change in 2010 marked a real break in the overall pattern, not just normal variation.
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"l have to do it for Paul." 9th grader Paul Scott is blind but he runs cross country with the help of 4th grader Rebel Hays, who guides Paul through courses with the use of a rope. Rebel trains every day so that he can keep up with the older kids because he never wants to let Paul down.
Looking at headlines by political leaning, both left-leaning and right-leaning outlets have become more negative since 2000.
However, right-leaning outlets have consistently used more negative headlines than left-leaning outlets throughout the entire period.
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The Darkest Timeline 3 months ago
Honoring a parent’s love and sacrifice is the right thing to do
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Upstaged75 3 months ago
WTF??? Those are some seriously insane people! Only "letting" him shower once a week? I hope he got the police involved once he escaped!
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The Darkest Timeline 2 months ago
Finding her way to success and being a good person is the “thank you”
The same pattern appears when we examine emotions in headlines. Since 2008, headlines expressing anger have increased substantially across left-, right-, and centrist outlets, but right-leaning outlets consistently show a higher proportion of anger-focused headlines than left-leaning ones.
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Roxy222uk 3 months ago
Inclusion, for those that aren't sure (which isn't your fault, it's rarely explained) means that the environment adapts to the person, rather than the person adapting to the environment. For example, if the railway network was fully inclusive a wheelchair user wouldn't have to phone ahead to 'book' the ramp to be able to enter and exit the train, or plan their route around which stations have lifts. It seems to me that inclusive environments seem to help out more than the original group they were aimed at; so a wheelchair inclusive railway network would help others with mobility issues, pushchairs, large luggage, etc.
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17 year old Krystyna Paszko created a fake online cosmetics store, "Camomiles and Pansies", to help victims of domestic abuse by allowing them to send requests for help while appearing to be shopping online.
Researchers suggest that one possible factor for why headlines became noticeably more negative and emotionally charged around 2010 is the introduction of Facebook's "like" and Twitter's "retweet" functions (both appeared in 2009), which allowed the platforms to maximize engagement through algorithmically determined personalized feeds and gave outlets clear feedback on which types of headlines got more clicks.
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In Philadelphia, Rosa's Fresh Pizza owner Mason Wartman created a program where people can pay a slice forward by leaving a Post-It on the wall for a person in need. Anyone who's hungry can simply come in, pull a note off the wall and get a free slice, no questions asked.
Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a positive psychology coach, associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University, and author of Pathways to Inner Peace.
She researches hope and flourishing, and says that we need agency (motivation) to keep moving forward, and some of the ways to build it are to:
- Use positive self-talk;
- Post a motivational quote by your desk or on your bathroom mirror;
- Share your goals with friends and keep encouraging each other;
- Visualize yourself reaching your goals.
Even if these things sound superficial, what do you have to lose? They don't cost anything. And if you need more feel-good vibes, fire up our publication 50 Unexpectedly Wholesome Situations To Brighten Your Day.
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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago
I've had great conversations with Uber drivers and have met people from all over Africa (Benin, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the DRC, Zim, Botswana) and from my own country (the Cape, Limpopo, KZN, Gauteng, Mpumalanga). I keep a mental tally of countries so I can add to it when I meet someone from a new place! (And I've had an Arab guy from Iran pick me up twice!)
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Agfox 2 months ago
I caught COVID in 2021 & was very ill. Our GP prescribed Paxlovid via a telehealth call & my wife drove to the nearest pharmacy that had it in stock. 2 days later, my wife had COVID & our GP prescribed the same medication for her but this time we were both too ill to drive to the pharmacy. I rang a taxi driver who had driven us 5 or 6 times previously, explained the situation & he arranged for another driver to collect the medication & leave it on our front porch. The cost of the taxi fare would have been $35+ but neither driver would accept any payment even after we were COVID-free. If you're reading this article, Hamzi, thank you again for your help & your kindness
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HeavyMetalHeart 2 months ago
My wedding dress had pockets! All my female friends were so excited when I told them!
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Mohammed Mashali once found a child that suffered from diabetes and needed insulin shot but couldnit afford them, so he asked his mother to buy him some. Sadly his mother could not afford them either and the child passed away. After this he moved to one of the poorest countries and began treating medical patients free of charge. He passed away July 28, 2020. Days before his death he was still helping everyone he could.
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Brian Droste 3 months ago
This has been here on in the past. So I am wondering if OP neighbor graduated or how they are doing in there courses.
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Roxy222uk 3 months ago
Clearly it is wrong that this is something it is necessary to opt out from, clearly it is wrong that it's not straight forward, and clearly it's wrong that people don't know it's happening. This kind of data collection and sharing requires government/legal controls. The tech companies want all this so they can sell every 'shoppable moment', so of course they're going to hide it away and keep quiet about it. And the leaders of these companies literally do not care if their behaviour and choices lead to people getting killed. But so many of our governments are so overawed by the amount of money tech companies, and certain individuals, have made that they look up to them for advice instead of protecting their own citizens. Makes me furious.
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The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
Aww, I hope they went on to have many wonderful college adventures together! So sweet ❤️
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Auntriarch 2 months ago (edited)
I screamed because I thought I'd trodden on a specimen of my phobia, when I got to the flat I refused to put that foot to the floor so he helped me hop to the bathroom, sat me down, took off my shoe while I'm screaming at him not to touch the sole because of what I'd thought it had touched, threw the shoes away without questioning me, brought me clean shoes, and washed his hands before bringing me a drink. All without comment, laughing or judgement of any kind.
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Paige Merlin 3 months ago (edited)
Dàmn that song takes me back to a kickàss summer holiday in my teens…
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Laura Lawson 3 months ago
It's a beautiful beginning. 🩷 I firmly believe that as parents, most of us do the very best we know how to do. And we try to break any bad cycles from the past, but don't always succeed. This apology from your mum shows growth & awareness from her & a desire to be closer to you. Grab it while you can.
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Roxy222uk 3 months ago
Until you're a parent you can't imagine how exciting it is the first time your child spontaneously converses. My toddler and her friend were sitting together, sharing a snack and watching our pet. "Cat" said my kid. "Yes" said their friend. Even now, over two decades later, I can still feel that whoosh of emotion.
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Kelly H. Wilder 2 months ago
Elmo's PR team is the best! (Followed closely by that of Wendy's)
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Angela B 3 months ago
A few years back, we started feeding and leaving a water bath for the Magpies that would visit our yard. Got to the point we could hand feed. When their babies were "allowed" to leave the nest and sit on the roof, I would call my Monster out, so we could do the "Introductions". Magpie parents, this, is my Baby. Are they your lovely Babies? As the babies were "allowed" down to the ground, and then finally "allowed" to be hand fed, it was such a joy for us! Now, every Magpie generation follows the same pattern with us. We've never been swooped.
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Paige Merlin 3 months ago
I love this and would be freàking out I couldn’t answer the real questions
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Cindy Brick 3 months ago
Our Goonie (a Weimaraner) met us with a chicken noodle soup can stuck on his face -- "Can? What can?!?"
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Cat 2 months ago
This reminds me of two little boys I met during my work in schools. I was once doing a placement at a rural school that was halfway between an extremely low income housing estate and a load of wealthy people's giant houses, so we had students from polar opposite economic backgrounds. This understandably caused some issues, but I was moved by the relationship between two of the boys, who were best friends. One was one of our poorest students and the other was one of the richest. He wasn't spoiled, but he did get quite a few nice things. We had a day when the children could bring in toys from outside of school to play with and he brought toys that he could share with his best friend. He also refused to play on the PlayStation with the other kids who were well off enough to have games consoles, as his best friend only had an Xbox (that his family had to save for ages to get) and he wanted to play with his best friend. He also payed for his friend and mum to come on family vacations.
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Cindy Brick 3 months ago
These are occasionally goofy, but in a very encouraging way. I would much rather have these than more celebrity drooling posts.
Forrest Hobbs 3 months ago
Cindy Brick: 100% agree. More like this, please.
Load More Replies... Ariom Dahl 2 months ago
Even if we've seen them before. Even if they're old. They're still encouraging and pleasant to read.
Mattie Beckert 2 months ago (edited)
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Philenzortia 2 months ago (edited)
I want to share some uplifting news that, although it’s not over yet, I know will have a wonderful ending. There is a man in my city called Don Efraín. He has been living on the streets for many years and makes a living by recycling. About 52 years ago, he found a 6-year-old boy abandoned on the street, so he decided to adopt him and taught him how to recycle. Today, Don Efraín is 81 years old and suddenly lost his sight overnight, so his adopted son now takes care of him. They are very poor, living on only 5 USD every two weeks, and they live inside the cart they use to collect garbage. An independent journalist started helping them, and people began donating money. So far, they have received $11,000 (the goal is around $25,000). The most incredible thing is seeing how Don Efraín and his adoptive son, José, remain positive and joyful, always grateful for the life they have. I am so mad at myself for complaining so much in life when these two are so happy with what they have. 🥲
Philenzortia 2 months ago
I want to tell you that Don Efraín and Don Jose have received 30,000 USD. And the goal was raised to 38,000 USD. 🤞🏻
Load More Replies... Cindy Brick 3 months ago
These are occasionally goofy, but in a very encouraging way. I would much rather have these than more celebrity drooling posts.
Forrest Hobbs 3 months ago
Cindy Brick: 100% agree. More like this, please.
Load More Replies... Ariom Dahl 2 months ago
Even if we've seen them before. Even if they're old. They're still encouraging and pleasant to read.
Mattie Beckert 2 months ago (edited)
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Load More Replies... Philenzortia 2 months ago (edited)
I want to share some uplifting news that, although it’s not over yet, I know will have a wonderful ending. There is a man in my city called Don Efraín. He has been living on the streets for many years and makes a living by recycling. About 52 years ago, he found a 6-year-old boy abandoned on the street, so he decided to adopt him and taught him how to recycle. Today, Don Efraín is 81 years old and suddenly lost his sight overnight, so his adopted son now takes care of him. They are very poor, living on only 5 USD every two weeks, and they live inside the cart they use to collect garbage. An independent journalist started helping them, and people began donating money. So far, they have received $11,000 (the goal is around $25,000). The most incredible thing is seeing how Don Efraín and his adoptive son, José, remain positive and joyful, always grateful for the life they have. I am so mad at myself for complaining so much in life when these two are so happy with what they have. 🥲
Philenzortia 2 months ago
I want to tell you that Don Efraín and Don Jose have received 30,000 USD. And the goal was raised to 38,000 USD. 🤞🏻
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