Good news tends to get steamrolled by bad news, at least out in the real world. You have to take time and effort to find all the news that will actually put a little glow in your chest and not drag your mood into the basement.
Well, we've compiled some of the lighter, happier stories and pics out there right now, and they ought to put some warmth in your heart, where it belongs.
Like getting to take your grandmother to see a Toy Story movie for once! Look at the smile on her face.
Instead, she got up, asked what he wanted from the menu, and bought it for him.
And how many of us fought with our siblings to get the controller, very unlike these two? Rare harmony and teamwork.
Instead of everyone honking and swerving and speeding off, people put on their four-ways and got out to help wrangle the scooter back onto the trailer.
Two total strangers stepped up and performed CPR on him until paramedics arrived and took over, adding in defibrillations, and got him stable enough to get to the hospital.
He died three times there, only to be revived each time. Turns out he plays Santa Claus for local kids every year.
After her daughter died, her heart went to this man, saving his life.
That's Buzz Aldrin re-creating steps taken on the Moon with a very happy young man.
Yeah, I'd want to celebrate too. You know that's the result of plenty of hard work!
Here's an example: When protesters stormed a building, some took some drinks from this cooler, but not without leaving cash behind to pay for them.
Instead of a party, she wanted to use the money to help out the less fortunate kids she'd seen on her trip.
This guy had to have a leg amputated due to traumatic injuries, and apparently he hasn't stopped making jokes.
Apparently the baristas weren't supposed to accept tips, so the lady dropped cash in among the syrups for the barista to take.
Specifically, she's reading Wonder Woman to two female heifers, Sally and Bethany.
This is as sad as it is heartwarming, seeing a dog so determined to love this guy, and having it returned.
In fact, both of his daughters are pilots with the same airline, and all he wants to do for the rest of his flying days is spend as much time in the cockpit with his daughters as possible.
But this comes from a child adopted out of foster care, and it represents the first time saying "I love you" in the eight months since adoption.
Talk about an unusual arrangement — and an indication that there's a lot of love to go around in that family.
Apparently she's been making them for decades. "She's made countless thousands of them," the uploader wrote.
They found a pigeon with a string caught around its leg, so they decided to help the poor bird out and removed it.
It's always heartening to see truckers come to a person's aid like this, especially when you consider the tight deadlines they're often under.
Always nice to see things like this and know that good tools aren't going to waste.
I mean, going out of your way to wish a stranger well is always welcome, right?
Even better, the photographer behind it asked the dad out of the blue for his email and just sent it to him to make sure he had this memory.
I think she has a fan for life now.
And he has a program to meet kids who also have Tourette's, which has to be an incredible inspiration for them.
