Good News Minute

In some wards they have a “Good News Minute” during Relief Society. It is 60 seconds for anyone to share whatever good news they have that week. There is no discussion of the news, just sharing and moving on to the next person so as many people as possible can share in the time allowed. The idea of keeping it to just sixty seconds is to not take away more time than necessary from the lesson. One ward I was in realized it was still distracting and has moved it to their week-day meetings instead though. And a few wards I’ve been in have simply cut it all together in favor of more time for the lesson.

It’s generally the same type of stuff that people share. My kid’s potty trained. My kid is pregnant. I’m pregnant. My kid graduated. My kid got their mission call. All nice stuff. All good stuff. But surely there’s more good news than that!

One sister in one of my wards looked forward to it every week. She was the first to share and had something good that had happened to her each week that she was beyond excited to share. I admire that. I took that as an example. Surely we all have at least one good thing happen to us each week.

So I started thinking about the good things that were going on in my life, none of which had to do with babies, pregnancy, or potty training. Instead they were things like not killing my plants that particular week (gardening here is HARD!) or that my shoes matched that day (I have two pair of the exact same style, one in black one in dark brown, and I mixed-n-match one day, so it was nice the next time to have them match).

When you are looking for good things, you’ll find them. :sun:

So take your own 60 seconds today and think of the good news in your life. And if you feel like it, go ahead and share it here (or elsewhere if you’d prefer).