The Little Guide To Cotentedness

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September 8, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu - The Little Guide To Cotentedness "Let's take a look at my life before contentedness: I was addicted to junk food and fast food, and overweight and unhealthy. I bought too many things on impulse, owned too much clutter, and was deeply in debt and struggling to make it to the next payday. I was unhappy with who I was, wanted desperately to change, tried a thousand different programs and books. I was always changing the way I did things, because it seemed everyone else had a better system or tools. I strove to meet goals, because they would get me to a better life. And as I learned to be content, here was what changed..." Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares more. { read more } Be The Change Experiment with some of Babauta's steps towards contentment in your own life. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over 7 Habits of Mindful Eating 9 Interviews with Creative Visionaries The Joy of Quiet How to Transform Negative Emotions 25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism The Mathematics of Being Nice DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 119,861 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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Business Lessons from a Quiet Gardener

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September 7, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace When people go to work they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home. - Betty Bender - Business Lessons from a Quiet Gardener William Rosenzweig is a strong voice in the field of ethical business. Much of his inspiration in the corporate world comes from a seemingly unlikely place -- the garden. "A gardener sees the world as a system of interdependent parts - where healthy, sustaining relationships are essential to the vitality of the whole. In business this has translated for me into the importance of developing agreements and partnerships where vision and values, purpose and intent are explicitly articulated, considered and aligned among all stakeholders of an enterprise - customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, and the broader community and natural environment." Read more excerpts from the acceptance speech of this "quiet gardener" for the Oslo Business for Peace Award. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to observe or engage in the natural world today. What lessons can be extended to your areas of work? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Art of Motivating Employees 5 Books to Inspire Innovation The Power and Benefit of Circles Leadership Through Solitude 9 Steps to Achieving Flow (and Happiness) at Work A Second Look at First Impressions Ways to Connect More Deeply Remembering Stephen Covey DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 119,831 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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The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World

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September 6, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. - Ralph Waldo Emerson - The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World Felix Finkbeiner's stringbean physique is complemented by a pair of wire-rimmed glasses and a pudding-bowl haircut. At 13, he is an environmental superstar at the helm of a global network of child activists whose aim is to mitigate climate change by reforesting the planet. Behind his apparently unprepossessing facade, Felix is really an action hero. His organisation, Plant for the Planet, recently achieved its target of planting one million trees in Germany; now, Felix is spreading his message around the world. Plant for the Planet is up and running in 131 countries. { read more } Be The Change Plant a seed of goodness today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 15-yr-old Dog's Gift A Creative Use of Plastic Bottles How Nature Affects the Brain Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Cat Saves Owner's Life Hours After Adoption Office Workers Raise 5 Day Old Kitten Love, the Most Powerful Medicine Giant Water Lily: Nature's Hidden Designs DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 119,756 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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Loving A Child Through Life's Challenges

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September 5, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. - Anne Lamott - Loving A Child Through Life's Challenges "I was two years shy of becoming a mother when I learned my greatest lesson about parenting. This information was not gleaned from a New York Times bestseller, a renowned pediatrician, or an experienced parent. It came from a 10-year-old boy born to a drug-addicted mother, with an Individualized Education Plan thicker than an encyclopedia -- a boy with permanent scars along the side of his left arm from a beating when he was three. Kyle taught me the one and only thing I really needed to know about loving a child through the challenges of life..." { read more } Be The Change Deepen your commitment to loving someone in a challenging situation. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Inspirational Graduation Speech by Autistic Student An Ordinary Magical Life Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Dalai Lama: A Professional Laugher? Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child The Spirit of Gift DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 119,655 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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