Making a Case for Mindfulness

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May 28, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Adversity introduces a man to himself. - Albert Einstein - Making a Case for Mindfulness Growing numbers of attorneys are embracing some form of practice to achieve mindfulness. Their reasons for doing so are varied, but chief among them are stress management and improved mental and physical health. This is a hopeful shift, given the well-known Johns Hopkins study which found that lawyers are more prone to depression than members of any other profession. In the most recent study, Harvard researchers found that practicing a form of mindful meditation for as little as 30 minutes a day for eight weeks resulted in measurable changes in the brain regions involved in learning, memory, emotion regulation and stress. Charles Halpern, a trailblazing public interest lawyer notes that a growing openness to the practice of mindfulness "is making us more skilled and effective as lawyers, more focused, more active listeners, better at helping our clients and serving justice, and doing it in a way that is sustainable." { read more } Submitted by: Lavanya Be The Change Talk with a few coworkers today about how they manage stress. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Keys to Happier Living 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise A Neighbor's Kind Act DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,498 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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Her Prom Date? A Football Star!

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May 27, 2011 a project of CharityFocus It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. - Author Unknown - Her Prom Date? A Football Star! Joslyn Levell couldn't wait to get to school Monday. The eighth-grader became the most talked-about kid at Suncrest Middle School in West Virginia, after scoring a date with Chicago Bears rookie J.T. Thomas for her end-of-school-year formal dance Friday. "I'm not used to the attention, but I like it," Levell said. Joslyn has spina bifida, a condition in which the spine doesn't properly develop, and is confined to a wheelchair most of the time. Thomas' 7-year-old brother, Jared, has autism and rides the same bus as Joslyn and it was their bus-driver who envisioned this memorable moment. "After so many people turned me down, this was so big especially, because he asked me instead of me asking him," Josyln said. { read more } Be The Change Reach out to someone with a disability and do whatever it takes to make them smile! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A Poem Is Leap of Faith The Sound of One Hand Clapping 'Barefoot' Grandmothers Electrify Rural Communities DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,519 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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Freedom Rider Named James Zwerg

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May 26, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Freedom Rider Named James Zwerg Looking out the window, James Zwerg accepted his worst fear: He was going to die today. Only the night before, Zwerg had prayed for the strength to not strike back in anger. He was among the 18 "Freedom Riders", white and black college students from Nashville who had decided to take the bus trip through the segregated South in 1961, to desegregate public transportation. In the midst of the ensuing savage violence, Zwerg says he had the most beautiful experience in his life. "I bowed my head," he says. "I asked God to give me the strength to remain nonviolent and to forgive the people for what they might do. It was very brief, but in that instant, I felt an overwhelming presence. I don't know how else to describe it. A peace came over me. I knew that no matter what happened to me, it was going to be OK. Whether I lived or whether I died, I felt this incredible calm." { read more } Be The Change In your next moment of anger, practice the art of nonviolence. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker The Impossible Floating Village Football Team Compassion Caught on a Late-Night Train The Man Who Stopped A Nuclear War DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,514 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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Where Poetry Comes From

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May 25, 2011 a project of CharityFocus If you want to change the world, change the metaphor. - Joseph Campbell - Where Poetry Comes From "I think poetry always comes out of what you don't know. And with students I say, knowledge is very important. Learn languages. Read history. Read, listen, above all, listen to everybody. Listen to everything that you hear. Every sound in the street. Every bird and every dog and everything that you hear. But know all of your knowledge is important, but your knowledge will never make anything. It will help you to form the things, but what makes something is something that you will never know. It comes out of you. It's who you are." Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin reflects with Bill Moyers on language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career of more than 50 years. { read more } Be The Change Write a poem today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Best Career Advice: Take Poetry 8 Things That Are Better Than Free The Professional Development Ethic Food: The Solution for Conflict? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,496 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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From Me to We

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May 24, 2011 a project of CharityFocus There is no delight in owning anything unshared. - Seneca - From Me to We Neighbors often share a power washer and lawn mowers. Others co-own cabins and cars. Some pick fruit before it rots and donate it to food banks. Families share pets like horses and dogs. Some even share organs. In a society valuing independence and fearing disagreement, people have found a way to enhance their pocket books and their relationships by sharing what they have. Through sharing arrangements, each family has lightened its footprint, freed up cash and fix-it time, and found confidence in cooperation. They've realized that sharing brought everyone closer together as a collective group, moving from "me" to "we." { read more } Be The Change Share one of your possessions -- a tool, a belonging, a service, a meal, even a smile -- and discover the connection it creates. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Life is 'Baeutiful' Kids on Love 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection The Wisdom of Old Ted DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,472 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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