Mike's Minute: How miserable it is if you can't celebrate good news

Dr Hosking would diagnose a kind of "funk" as a result of observations this week.

There's been two very clear examples these past few days of good news, of uplifting events and of indisputable progress. Yet for too many it was not a reason to acknowledge, or accept, or congratulate, but rather moan a bit more or find a reason as to why it can't be so.

The most obvious was the ceasefire and hostage-come-prisoner swap. As I said, peace in the Middle East is only ever temporary, but the bit we witnessed Tuesday is an indisputable win and, for now, there was much and is much to be celebrated.

Yet the main character, the U.S president, for some was not to be thanked or recognised.

The Green Party here went as far to suggest we actively don’t acknowledge him. They argued the tireless ground operators i.e them and the people who wore the scarves and held the press conferences, were somehow more responsible.

So there's a mix there of complete delusion and lack of grace.

There were no shortage of obsessives who contacted me raging about the Palestinian treatment and supposedly pro-Israeli coverage.

Even a ceasefire, for some, is a reason to pick holes above celebration and/or relief.

Then we could to education. There's been very clear, specific and indisputable progress in phonics, as well as English and maths in our primary schools. We changed it up and it works.

But, no. There's been a lot of push back on that too. "It's only a small sample so how do we know for sure", they say.

A number of interviews on this station with unions, principals and teachers being about as reluctant as you can get, possibly acknowledge we might be onto something.

But let's see, let me dial up the scepticism just a bit. Heaven forbid you catch me being enthusiastic.

The hospitality sector had record income. "Oh but Mike that’s not profit. What about the bills?" Yes, yes, yes, I get it.

But I will tell you this for nothing - when the good news arrives, if you can't see it, or worse, don’t want to see it, you are destined for a life and existence of misery, woe and myopia.

Has the nations funk set in? Has dour replaced rugby as the national past time?

Good grace is not that hard. Sometimes the news is good. Sometimes the outlook is better. Sometimes the future is bright.

Give it a go. It won't kill you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
KX. Doctor Hosking would diagnose a kind of funk as
a result of some observations for you this week. So
three I thought, three very clear examples these past few
days of good news, of uplifting events, of indisputable progress,
and yet for too many it was not a reason
to acknowledge or accept or congratulate, but rather moan a
bit more or find a reason as to why it
can't be. So are the most obvious the ceasefire and
hostage come prisoners? What now? As I said, peace in

(00:21):
the Middle East is only ever temporary, But the bit
we witness Tuesday is an indisputable win. And for now
there was much and as much to be celebrated. And
yet the main character the US President for some was
not to be thanked or recognized. The Greens here went
as far as to suggest we actively don't acknowledge them,
They argued. The tireless ground operators, i e. Them are
the people who wore the scarfs and held the press conferences,

(00:43):
were somehow more responsible. So a mix there of complete
delusion and lack of grace. There were no shortage of
obsessives who contacted me raging about the Palestinian treatment of
pro Israeli coverage, even a cease fire for some as
a reason to peckholes apparently above celebration and or relief.
And then education, very clear, specific and indisputable progress and
phonics this week as well as English and maths in

(01:05):
our primary schools. We changed it up. It's working, but
oh no, a lot of pushback on that as well.
It's only a small sample. How do we know for sure?
A number of interviews on this very station with Unions
principles teachers about as reluctant as you can get, possibly
acknowledging we might be onto something. But let's see. Let
me dial up the skepticism just a bit. Heaven forbid,

(01:27):
you catch me being enthusiastic. Then the hospo sector record income.
Oh but Mike, that's not profit. What about the bells? Yes, yes, yes,
I get it, But I tell you this for nothing.
When the good news arrives, if you can't see it
all worse, you don't want to see it. You're destined
for a life of well existence of misery and woo
in myopia. I mean, as the nation's funk set in,
has Dua replaced rugby as the national pastime. Good grace

(01:50):
is not that hard. Sometimes the news is good, Sometimes
the outlook is better, Sometimes the future is bright. Give
it a go. It won't kill you. For more the
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