The Last of the Human Freedoms

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December 31, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace There are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talk about in the great outside world of wanting and achieving. The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people. - David Foster Wallace - The Last of the Human Freedoms "True freedom lies in choice -- this is one of the core insights in the writings of Viktor Frankl, a pyschiatrist who was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. In the best-selling book, Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl described his profound experiences: 'We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.' In any challenging circumstance, Frankl's testimonial gives a starting point: in order to have the freedom to choose, we first need to be aware that we even have a choice." { read more } Be The Change As you go about playing, working, and living today, make an effort to stay connected to "the last of the human freedoms." COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over 7 Habits of Mindful Eating How to Transform Negative Emotions The Joy of Quiet 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health The Power of Touch What the Internet Does to Your Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,919 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Mary Oliver On Mornings

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December 30, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. - Meister Eckhart - Mary Oliver On Mornings Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose body of work is largely filled with imagery of the natural world -- cats, opossums crossing the street, sunflowers and black oaks in the sunshine. Her most recent collection is entitled "A Thousand Mornings"...Mornings with the notebook are part of a regular ritual for Oliver, though. "Most mornings I'm up to see the sun, and that rising of the light moves me very much, and I'm used to thinking and feeling in words, so it sort of just happens." Oliver shares more reflections and a few of her latest poems in this NPR interview. { read more } Be The Change This week take a few moments each day (with or without a notebook and pen) to witness the sunrise. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness The 3 A's of Awesome No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 The Untapped Power of Smiling 5 Classic Commencement Speeches The 'Before I Die' Project DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,883 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Finding Healing for the Healers

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December 29, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. - Stephen Levine - Finding Healing for the Healers "Seventeen years ago in the Boston Globe Magazine, a dying man issued a plea for greater compassion in medicine. He worried that medical professionals faced increasing work demands that prioritized efficiency over empathy. Kenneth Schwartz died of lung cancer two months later, but not before founding an organization that would bring increased attention to the importance of human interactions in medicine." { read more } Be The Change This powerful passage by an extraordinary doctor and writer describes the differences between "Helping, Fixing and Serving." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings How to Change When Change Is Hard The Power of Self-Compassion DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,847 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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A Good Day In Haiti

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December 28, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. - Marcus Aurelius - A Good Day In Haiti Lovely Avelus graduated from kindergarten this past June in Haiti..."It was a big day for little Lovely, now 5. Two years ago, she was buried in the rubble of the two-storey house her family rented a room in by the 7.0 Richter earthquake that smashed this already broken country into shards. Lovely was counted among the dead who, by the end of it all, measured some 300,000. She emerged unblemished from the rubble six days later, and was eventually reunited with her family. No one thought they'd ever see Lovely again, let alone watch her graduate from kindergarten." A reporter shares more about the lessons Lovely and her country have taught her. { read more } Be The Change Affect the quality of your day by taking time to appreciate it. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness The 3 A's of Awesome 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral How to Change When Change Is Hard Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,820 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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