How To Trick Your Brain for Happiness

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September 15, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The education of attention would be an education par excellence. - William James - How To Trick Your Brain for Happiness "In recent years, we have started to better understand the neural bases of states like happiness, gratitude, resilience, love, compassion, and so forth. And better understanding them means we can skillfully stimulate the neural substrates of those states -- which, in turn, means we can strengthen them." In this article, Rick Hanson describes how to skillfully use the mind to amplify positive connections in the brain. { read more } Be The Change Pay attention to a positive experience today, and use Hansen's three steps for taking in the good. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer Four Ways to Respond in an Argument Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It The Joy of Quiet How to Transform Negative Emotions 7 Practices to Cultivate Compassion 8 Weeks to a Better Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,162 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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Free Money Day: Giving Is Common Cents

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September 14, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace While you have a thing it can be taken from you ... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give. - James Joyce - Free Money Day: Giving Is Common Cents Last year on September 15, people at over 60 locations worldwide handed out their own money to complete strangers. Participants committed to give two small coins or banknotes to strangers, asking these strangers to pass one of them on to someone else -- as a symbolic gesture, not a donation. Quirky? Yes. Likely to elicit questions and dialogue? They hoped so. The idea was for this simple exercise to act as an interruption to our trained response to the prospect of 'free money'. Free Money Day 2012 will again take place on September 15 all around the world. This article explores the intriguing philosophies and events that inspired this unusual experiment in unconditional giving. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about Free Money Day. Consider doing your own experiment in no-strings giving today, monetary or otherwise. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year 10 Keys to Happier Living 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 The Untapped Power of Smiling Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,134 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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New Zealand's River That Is A Person

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September 13, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations. - David Brower - New Zealand's River That Is A Person From the dawn of history, and in cultures throughout the world, humans have been prone to imbue Earth's life-giving rivers with qualities of life itself -- a fitting tribute, no doubt, to the wellsprings upon which our past (and present) civilizations so heavily rely. But while modern thought has come to regard these essential waterways more clinically over the centuries, that might all be changing once again. Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person. { read more } Be The Change Look at the natural world around you today, and tune in to our relationship with it. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 15-yr-old Dog's Gift 20 Amazing Photos From Outer Space How Nature Affects the Brain A Creative Use of Plastic Bottles Freed: Cat With Head Trapped in Jar for 6 Days Cat Saves Owner's Life Hours After Adoption Wind Powered Art Life Lessons from A Winged Visitor DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,117 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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This Larger Thing in the World

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September 12, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted - George Kneller - This Larger Thing in the World Mildred Howard sees things differently. Over 20 years ago, she created "Rene di Rosa", a house made out of glass bottles. That was her first of several bottle houses that have each made powerful, beautiful political and social statements. As an artist, community organizer, and leader, Mildred's colourful life embodies radical change. In this interview with Works & Conversations, Mildred speaks about her current work with the Edible Schoolyard and how "this larger thing in the world" is building a strong foundation for both inner and outer transformation. { read more } Be The Change Take a closer look at the objects and space around you. How can they be used differently to change things for the better? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 The Untapped Power of Smiling Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings A Guide to Finding Your Passion 29 Lessons From Travelling the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,066 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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