Good News!!!

By Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 10:47 a.m. ET, Thurs., May 20, 2010
The news all seems to be bad — natural disasters, an environmental catastrophe, wars, an economic meltdown, terrorist attacks. But in a quiet voice of optimism, a small, bespectacled man in a robe and sandals struck a note that seems to be heard all too seldom nowadays.

The future, the Dalai Lama said Thursday, is bright.

Human beings are becoming more compassionate and better, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet told TODAY’s Ann Curry in New York in his first live interview on a morning news show. “Better, no question,” he responded without hesitation when Curry asked if humans are getting worse or better.

The problems facing the world may seem overwhelming, but, the Dalai Lama said, “Basically, these problems are temporary.” Other than natural catastrophes, most are “manmade; our own creation. So, logically, we also have the ability to work on these problems.”



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