A happy piece of news

I have just read the happiest piece of news on Yahoo for a long long time.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5130057/taronga-zoo-shows-rare-baby-hippo/

With the constant focus being on the economic crisis, political developments, natural disasters and horrendous crimes, it is sad to see that such negativities are merely offset-ed by the superficial-ness of celebrity gossips. While hardly a positive force, it is the most convenient, widespread and less-burdensome reading.

But coming across this piece of news must have been the best thing I have read for a long long time.

The birth of Monifa - Sydney's Taronga Zoo very first pygmy hippopotamus in 23 years.

For your information, pygmy hippo is an endangered species with less than 3000 of them in the wild and their population is declining still.

While we were engrossed in the world's economy, politics and so on, and spent our days sighing at the our finances, body image and society problems - Monifa was born.

Exactly what was needed in the long list of news articles - a short, simple and sweet piece of writing announcing to the world the arrival of a new being.

Looking at that picture of Monifa, I cannot help but feel that there is a lot more to this world than all that we are constantly seeking for, demanding for - yes, the world's economy is in a bind, the environment is fading away, energy resources are depleting, society issues are cropping up, health problems are increasing, the world seems to be getting crazy -but, there is still hope :-)

After all, Monifa has just arrived into this world :-)