20 Untranslatable Words From 'Round The World

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July 2, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you mean. - Toni Morrison - 20 Untranslatable Words From 'Round The World There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. But to think that English -- or any language -- could hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience is naive. For example, 'Toska,' from Russian, which is a kind of dull ache of the soul. Or 'Mamihlapinatapei,' from Yagan, describing the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start. Here are twenty such examples where other languages have found the right word and English is either speechless -- or too verbose. { read more } Be The Change Learn or share a meaningful word from another language with a friend today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Secret Powers of Time 5 Steps to Breaking Bad Work Habits The Myth of Multi-Tasking Habits May Be Good for You DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,537 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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A Remarkable Refuge for Birds

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July 1, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Forgive us our trespasses, little creatures everywhere. - James Stephens - A Remarkable Refuge for Birds They call him the Bird man of Long Beach. "It all started with one little one-legged guy I named Buddy," ex-marine Dan Lubniewski said. Dan saw the little bird hobbling along, and felt sorry for him. He started feeding him and wound up taking him home for rehab. Apparently, someone had been tying pigeons' feet together. "They were all tied up the same way, with the same strength," Dan said. "I didn't know what I was doing any more than you would have. I had about 40 tools with me them, and no antibiotics. I worked with each one for several hours." That was the start of Dan's tireless calling. He has since treated thousands of wounded birds, sometimes even working with Animal Control. "I think I was never happier because of all the lives I'm saving," Dan said. "It is so rewarding." { read more } Be The Change If you feel moved by his dedication, write Dan a note of appreciation. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A Village of Our Future 8 Ways to Keep Cool in Summer Laundromat Art Los Angeles Bans Plastic Bags DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,535 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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The Artist Who Gives It All Away

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June 30, 2011 a project of CharityFocus A work of art is a gift, not a commodity. Where there is no gift, there is no art. - Lewis Hyde - The Artist Who Gives It All Away One day, San Francisco artist Jane Baker realized something. Now she operates from a new place -- new, but also very old: "I don't know art history that well, but it is only in the last few hundred years that art has been a commodity. Before that, most artists were doing it out of their love for, frankly, for God or their church. Most of the art that's been made has not been made for money. So I'm standing with a group that has been around for a lot longer! It's not a weak, touchy-feely place. What I've started feeling is that, yes, they really knew what was right! And it lasted a long time before this particular period we are all in." Works & Conversations interviews Baker, who has a practice of donating one hundred percent of the income from sales of her artwork to charities. { read more } Be The Change Consider how your own art making can rest on a foundation of service. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House 8 Things That Are Better Than Free Beauty in Subtlety The Reading Promise: An Extraordinary Father-Daughter Story DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,521 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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Why Invisible Gorillas Matter

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June 29, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. - Marshall McLuhan - Why Invisible Gorillas Matter Daniel Simons has become one of the most influential young cognitive scientists in the last decade, co-authoring smash-hit studies in two different fields. He's best-known for his "Gorillas in our Midst" study, co-authored with Christopher Chabris, where viewers are shown a 45-second video of six students tossing around basketballs. Viewers are instructed to carefully count only the passes between players dressed in white. What they aren't told is that halfway through the video, a woman dressed in a gorilla suit will walk into the middle of the screen, beat her chest, and walk off. Amazingly, when viewers don't know about the gorilla in advance, about half of them miss it completely. Seed Magazine interviews Simons. { read more } Be The Change Question intuitions and assumptions about how your mind works. Check out the Gorilla demo, a top 10 illusion of the year, and more. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How We Can Change Our Minds How a Wandering Mind Affects Your Mood The Mathematics of Being Nice Outdoors and Out of Reach: Studying the Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,505 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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I Heart Strangers

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June 28, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. - Rumi - I Heart Strangers "Every single day, I went out into the world to seek out someone I had never before met. I introduced myself and asked them if I could photograph them. I took something valuable away from every encounter and did my best to pass that along." Artist Joshua Langlais started the "I Heart Strangers" project as an attempt to love his neighbors. Starting it in 2008 with the intention of doing it for a year, he kept it up for 625 days. "I get all my inspiration from meeting people and developing relationships. I see community and conversation and loving people as the only things that matter," Langlais explained. As he went on with the project, he realized that it was actually transforming him. "I learn about myself through the daily processes and continue to grow and better relate to others and genuinely feel more compassion for what is happening to the world around me." { read more } Be The Change Connect with someone you've never met -- and pour your full presence into that interaction. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Today You, Tomorrow Me Entrepreneur of Small Things The Man Who Stopped A Nuclear War DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,517 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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