Positive, Feel Good News

[Dawn]

I am in the process of reading the Thiaoouba-Prophecy, which was recommended in a thread here in Avalon. The book points out that our society is in a state of de-evolution, and many of us would agree. The main reasons cited for this are: (1) money, (2) political system (3) journalists. I'm not sure how to fix the first 2 in this present moment, however I thought I'd tackle journalism. The Thiaoouba-Prophecy takes the position that the news should point out the positive, in order to inspire people and give them ideas of how wonderful they are and how they might contribute to society.

After reading this I searched the internet for a positive story. I found many on the love of amazing animals who adopted others from different species that were in need. However I held out until I found one about a person. It is my wish that those who participate in this thread do so in the spirit of showing current stories which show the amazing capacity we as humans have... for love, for inventiveness, and for creativity.

Can we please spend some time creating a space where positive events are chronicled? Here is my first attempt:

The United States welcomed John Pham in 1979 when he was a child and had moved from Vietnam to make a new life. Now Pham, owner of Ninh Kieu restaurant in Swatara Township, wants to return the favor.
"This country has been good to me," said Pham, 40. "Now the economy here is bad. Unemployment is up. I want to give something back to my country and community." That something is a bowl of Vietnamese soup, offered for one penny to those who have lost their job in the current economy. The beef noodle, shrimp or chicken pho (Vietnamese name for soup) is served to the unemployed all day Wednesday and from 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday.

Pham said he doesn't require proof of a lost job because, "I trust people."


Pham, who became an American citizen in 1985, knows what it means to be down on luck. After moving to the United States from Vietnam, he spent two years learning English. He eventually headed to Virginia Technical Institute, where he became an electrical engineer.

This self-made man worked as a general contractor, doing everything from carpentry to drywall installation to plumbing. Later he opened a nail salon and then a Vietnamese restaurant. Along the way, he faithfully sent money to his parents in Vietnam, rejoicing when they came to the United States in 1997.

"When I moved to Harrisburg, I saw that the restaurant here was closed," he said. "So I rented it and opened my restaurant."

Ninh Kieu, which seats 65, serves Vietnamese cuisine, including soups and noodle and rice dishes.

I found this heartwarming story at

http://endless013.users-board.net/t909-heartwarming-news-stories

[Dawn]

When you enter into curiosity about what solutions and positive events might be happening in the world then your frequency moves up ... and with a higher frequency it is easier to influence your world and easier to manifest the new.

The day after I started this thread I literally bumped into something wonderful. The thread 'A Healed Earth' looks at the current resistance to total energy independence. There is some valid discussion focusing on the fact that most people simply will not accept the idea of free energy. And how do you move away from the oil/gas dependence which has us all by the throat?

The 'something wonderful' I ran into is a connection to a company that has started up in 'main stream' that might provide a 'soft landing' for us into another phase of society. This company has developed a battery based on earth elements, rather than acid (as all former battery technology).

An electric car powered by such a battery will travel 400+ miles before needing a re-charge. Because the new batteries are based on sodium/lithium the re-charge will take only 15-20 minutes, vs the 12 hours currently needed to re-charge the lithium ion batteries for an electric car. In addition, whereas the current electric car batteries will only re-charge about 1,500 times, these new batteries will recharge over 1,000,000 times(!). That means they will last a LIFETIME!

And... they cost about 50% to manufacture compared to the current battery technology.

Today these batteries are already in use powering a modern 8 story office building in China, as well as powering some electric vehicles. The Chinese inventor, Raymond Shin, is currently partnering with American companies to apply this new technology to cars, RVs, municipalities, ships, and so on.

This will not disconnect us from the grid if you live in a city, however it will break the hold that the current powers have on the world through oil. It will also be clean. And, recharging a battery in a vehicle after 400 miles will be fast, easy, and very inexpensive.

So... the big question is ... will this actually happen? No one knows the future, however some very big players are involved. And the CEO and board of directors looks like a who's who list. With players like this, in a normal economy my bet would be 'yes'. If they do succeed, our lives will change dramatically in the fairly near future.... and in a wonderful way.

This would really change the game for solar powered housing and off grid living.

We might 'get out' of the current doom-and-gloom scenarios with our skin on. You never know!