I really believe that when we share stories of hope and kindness and things that people are doing to make the world a better place, we are helping people see the world differently than they often do in the headlines. That is why I created Hopebuilding, to share those stories.

Others have been doing the same thing. Karunavirus was created by Service Space specifically to find and share such stories. For the past year, I have been one of the many volunteers helping to find, and summarize, the stories for the site. It recently published 10 Insights from 2021 That Give Us Hope, which you should definitely read if you want to learn how we help and care for each other, friend and stranger alike. (You might be familiar with their Good News Network, which has been sharing these stories since 1997.)