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Good News Stories
A good friend sent me the link (see below) with some of the good news stories that so often seem to get lost in the everyday maelstrom. And the illustrations (by Italian artist Mauro Gatti) are brilliant.
Take a look at the link, in the meantime here are a few of my favourite positive stories from around the world.
In India trees are being planted…
And, responding to the global crisis in bee populations, Finnish scientists have developed a vaccine….
…while Holland and the UK are creating places for bees to be busy in….
Problems of waste are being tackled in Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Italy….
And medical advances in Sweden and other countries can help improve our health…
And around the world, for example in Malawi, Finland, the US and South Korea, things are happening to make life fairer and more rewarding…
Whichever country you live in, may 2020 bring you good news, health and happiness.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
from Travelling Frogs
And here’s the link for the more good news…
https://www.boredpanda.com/positive-news-2019-illustrations-mauro-gatti/
Road Safety, Indian Style
Not, I think you’ll agree, the most reassuring sign you might encounter whilst driving…
Helpful advice is however at hand, as we found on road trips in India. There were reminders: ‘This is a highway, not a runway’, for example, so ‘Be gentle on my curves’. And to make sure you ‘Reach home in peace not in pieces’, make sure you ‘Peep peep don’t sleep’. (Because of course, ‘If you sleep, your family will weep’). Do drive carefully, as ‘Danger lurks where caution shirks’, and ‘Rash causes crash’. Obviously, don’t drink and drive: ‘After drinking whisky, driving is risky’. And please, please don’t drive too fast. ‘Time is money, but life is precious’, ‘Speed thrills but kills’ and, after all, ‘Better be Mr Late than Late Mr’.
I guess it can all be summed up in the reminder ‘Drive skilfully, live funfully’.
The wit and humour of these signs got their message across and entertained at the same time. On a trip to Darjeeling and Sikkim, our party voted for our favourite road sign. The women voted for ‘Hurry burry spoils the curry’. The men chose ‘Don’t gossip, let him drive’…
Photographs courtesy of Julian Sale
What do India, Germany and Google have in common?
India has recently joined Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Germany in recognising, for official purposes, a third gender.
And so, apparently, does Google. A friend recently set up a gmail account and had to specify whether she was ‘male’, ‘female’ or ‘other’.
Pause for thought….
‘When man has cut down the last tree, polluted the last drop of water, killed the last animal and fished the last fish – then he’ll realise that he can’t eat money’
(Indian Proverb)
The world’s major religions all say something similar – this sign (spotted in Tamil Nadu, India) sums it up neatly.
Don’t drink and drive!
Roadside sign seen on the way to Simla in the Himalayas
Whisky is Risky on Road
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Seen in Pondicherry, Southern India
A word to the wise
“To know what you do not know is the beginning of wisdom”
(Sanskrit verse)
Keep Safe….
….take note of these road signs (spotted on the roads between Darjeeling and Sikkim, in northern India):
“Better be Mr Late than late Mr”
“Peep peep don’t sleep”
“Time is money but life is precious”
“Reach home in peace not in pieces”
Of course the Travelling Frogs have their favourites. Mine is “hurry burry spoils the curry”, and (for some inexplicable reason) my partner’s is “Don’t gossip – let him drive”
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