A New Kind of New Year's Resolution

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December 31, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Each resolve to live more kindly loosens restrictive knots of self-interest. Life then flows more freely on its true course. The way an unfettered river runs swift to the ocean. - Daily Good Editors - A New Kind of New Year's Resolution The upcoming new year serves as a reminder of hope, possibilities, and new beginnings. As we prepare to step into 2012, here's a new tool to help turn our annual motivation outward, resolving to brighten the lives of others: Resolution12.org. Its organizer, a chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania named Rev. Chaz Howard, calls it "a public campaign to challenge people to make outwardly-focused resolutions to care for others, instead of inwardly-focused resolutions for self-improvement." This simple initiative connects a community of people who want to volunteer, help a loved one, recycle, and do dozens of other things to be kind to others. The endless possibilities are recorded online in people's own words, creating a shared space for declarations that translate into service and inspire others. { read more } Be The Change Rev. Howard's advice: to reflect and then "make a resolution that is not too big -- and doable. What is the little imprint you can make on the world?" For inspiration and to share, visit Resolution12 here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 3 A's of Awesome Life is 'Baeutiful' A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago How Do You Want to be Remembered? 29 Lessons From Travelling the World Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around Rappin' to Be the Change Remembering Kindness 41 Years Later DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,272 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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How Good Found Me In A Bad Neighborhood

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December 30, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Make no judgements where you have no compassion. - Anne McCaffrey - How Good Found Me In A Bad Neighborhood "It occurred to me a little too late that I was in a sketchy part of town. In anticipation of making it to my massage appointment, I had actually gotten off my bus five blocks before my stop. I was young and clearly a college student...I stuck out like a sore thumb in the southern town. Yet, even with my fingers trembling I was convinced that I would be perfectly safe, that I didn't have to rely on anyone for help. "It'll be okay Priya," I reassured myself, "You've dealt with 2,000 pound horses, so a dangerous person is nothing to you." In this real-life story, a young woman describes stumbling into a rough neighborhood and encountering two strangers who opened her eyes to the beauty we miss when we make superficial judgements about the people who cross our paths. { read more } Be The Change Observe your own judgments as they arise today, and experiment with consciously trying to step away from them. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure The 3 A's of Awesome 10 Keys to Happier Living 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less How Do You Want to be Remembered? Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral The 'Before I Die' Project Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,255 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Ways To Go Green In 2012

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December 29, 2011 a project of CharityFocus If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top down. - Paul Hawken - Ways To Go Green In 2012 As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends. But there are also some resolutions we can make to make our lives a little greener. Each of us can make a commitment to reducing our environmental impacts. This article offers a set of simple starting points -- ranging from recycling and planting a garden to composting and eliminating bottled water. { read more } Be The Change Try implementing two or three of the article's recommendations in this upcoming year. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear Faith, the Two-Legged Dog 10 Ways To Make a Difference Lifebox -- Thinking Outside the Box! Giant Water Lily: Nature's Hidden Designs Where has all the meat gone? A Gym Powered By Sweat Southern Masked Weaver DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,242 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Illiterate Fisherman at 90, Literary Star at 98!

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December 28, 2011 a project of CharityFocus The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. - Mortimer Adler - Illiterate Fisherman at 90, Literary Star at 98! He may not have learned to read and write until he was 91, but Jim Henry is becoming a literary star. The retired lobsterman now 98-years-old released his book, "In a Fisherman's Language" last month. And ever since he and his family have found themselves immersed in a world of book printings, agents, publicity and film rights. People from not just around the country but the world are clamoring for copies. Henry, whose own life story tells like a movie, was inspired after learning about the story of George Dawson, the grandson of a slave who wanted to earn his high school diploma by learning how to read and write at 98. { read more } Be The Change Find more ways to incorporate active learning into your life, whether it's through reading, travel, conversations or perhaps simply by honing awareness and observation. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Secrets of the 100-yr-old Marathoner Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami Compassion Caught on a Late-Night Train Today You, Tomorrow Me Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note A Missed Flight & A Connection Found DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,228 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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