{"id":3815,"date":"2022-04-03T06:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T06:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/we-could-all-use-a-little-good-news-here-are-5-stories-making-us-smile-wbur\/"},"modified":"2022-04-03T06:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T06:10:39","slug":"we-could-all-use-a-little-good-news-here-are-5-stories-making-us-smile-wbur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/03\/we-could-all-use-a-little-good-news-here-are-5-stories-making-us-smile-wbur\/","title":{"rendered":"We could all use a little good news. Here are 5 stories making us smile &#8211; WBUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Add WBUR to your morning routine<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>We could all use a little more joy in our lives, especially now. It&#8217;s been a tough few years, months, days &#8230; . If you&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed, you&#8217;re not alone! It&#8217;s OK if you need a little break. That&#8217;s where we think our new pop-up newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/the-pick-me-up-newsletter-afternoon-joy\">The Pick Me Up<\/a>, may be able to help.<br \/>Every weekday afternoon for the month of March, we\u2019ll share something that\u2019s bringing us joy. It may be a story that shows the good of humanity, an archival video highlighting the spirit of Boston or a photo of a dog in boots (or cats in hats; we love them all). It\u2019ll be short and sweet, and meant to make you smile. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/the-pick-me-up-newsletter-afternoon-joy\">We hope you sign up!<\/a><br \/><strong>To kick off the start of this newsletter, here are five things bringing us joy right now:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Want more stories like this?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/the-pick-me-up-newsletter-afternoon-joy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for The Pick Me Up<\/a> to\u00a0get a brief nugget of joy sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon through March.<br \/><a id=\"nl-form-thepickmeup\" href=\"#signup\">Sign up<\/a><br \/><strong>One last thing:<\/strong> We also want to hear what&#8217;s bringing you joy right now!<br \/>Big or small, if it&#8217;s making your smile we want to hear about it. It could be a personal anecdote, a story, a photo, a meme \u2014 it&#8217;s up to you. We&#8217;re interested.<br \/><a href=\"\/inside\/staff\/meagan-mcginnes\" class=\"contributor-name\" data-reactid=\"308\">Meagan McGinnes<\/a><!-- react-text: 309 --> <!-- \/react-text --><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meaganmcginnes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\" data-reactid=\"310\"><svg class=\"icon icon-twitter icon-twitter--author-social\" viewbox=\"0 0 128 128\" role=\"img\" data-reactid=\"311\"><title data-reactid=\"312\">Twitter<\/title><path d=\"M127.9,24.2c-4.7,2.1-9.7,3.6-15.1,4.2c5.5-3.2,9.6-8.4,11.6-14.6c-5,3-10.7,5.2-16.6,6.4c-4.9-5-11.7-8.2-19.3-8.2 C74,12,62.3,23.7,62.3,38.2c0,2.1,0.1,4.2,0.6,6.1c-21.7-1.2-41-11.1-54-26.9c-2.2,3.9-3.6,7.9-3.6,12.7c0,9,4.6,17,11.7,21.7 c-4.3-0.1-8.3-1.3-11.9-3.2v0.3c0,12.7,9.1,23.4,21.1,25.7c-2.2,0.6-4.6,0.9-7,0.9c-1.6,0-3.2-0.2-4.9-0.5 c3.2,10.4,13.1,18.1,24.4,18.2c-8.9,7.1-20.3,12.4-32.5,12.4c-2.1,0-4.2-0.1-6.2-0.4c11.6,7.4,25.5,10.7,40.3,10.7 c48.2,0,74.6-40,74.6-74.7v-3.4C119.9,34.2,124.4,29.6,127.9,24.2z\" data-reactid=\"313\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><!-- react-text: 314 --> <!-- \/react-text --><span class=\"contributor-title\" data-reactid=\"315\">Senior Editor, Newsletters<\/span><br data-reactid=\"316\"\/><!-- react-text: 317 -->Meagan is the senior editor of newsletters. <!-- \/react-text --><br \/><a href=\"\/inside\/staff\/meagan-mcginnes\" class=\"contributor-link contributor-bio-link\" data-reactid=\"319\">More\u2026<\/a><br \/>Advertisement<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>Add WBUR to your morning routine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2022\/03\/01\/good-news-joy-boston-newsletter\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add WBUR to your morning routineAdvertisementWe could all use a little more joy in our lives, especially now. 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