Help for Caregiving Kids

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December 1, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting. - Richard Paul Evans - Help for Caregiving Kids "At 13 years old, Nickolaus Dent is his mother's primary caregiver. He's responsible for the grocery shopping and cooking. He cleans the house. He does all the laundry. His mother, Janine Helms, has been battling HIV for as long as Nickolaus can recall, and her health has deteriorated in the last couple of years. Nickolaus makes sure she takes her medication. He often helps her get dressed, and at times, he has helped her bathe. Nickolaus is just one of the estimated 10,000 youth caregivers living in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to the American Association of Caregiving Youth. The nonprofit, founded by county resident Connie Siskowski, was instrumental in bringing this previously unrecognized population to light..." { read more } Be The Change Learn more about children who are caregivers and ways to support them here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Impossible Floating Village Football Team Compassion Caught on a Late-Night Train Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami An Ordinary Magical Life Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Today You, Tomorrow Me Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child Mr. Rogers at the Emmy Awards DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,052 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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Take Your Life Back

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November 30, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. - Mary Oliver - Take Your Life Back "The waiter was halfway through taking my family's order when his manager called him away."Where did the waiter go?" Sophia, our seven-year-old, asked. Daniel, our five-year old, looked at me and then answered, "I think he had to take a conference call." Even before hearing Daniel's analysis of the waiter's momentary inattention, I knew I had a problem: I work all the time." What follows is the story of how one man managed to reclaim his life from the jaws of busy-ness. { read more } Be The Change Experiment with Bregman's idea. Initiate and try to sustain a small daily practice that separates your work and not-work time. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses Remembering Steve Jobs' Insights 5 Books to Inspire Innovation How To Respond to Failure Solving Gen Y's Passion Problem It's More Important to Be Kind Than Clever Why Leaders Must Feel Pain Leadership Lessons from Everyday Life DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,013 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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Have You Seen the Wizard?

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November 29, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked. - Elizabeth Berg - Have You Seen the Wizard? "I saw it when I stopped at a red light at the intersection of Lake City Way and 95th Street: an old, bearded man -- was he a wizard? -- staring down at the street from a sign on a telephone pole. I smiled. How weird. Before the light turned green, I took a picture. "Fun things out in the world for no apparent reason," I posted on Instagram. "Love those." An Instagramer named Ericka clued me in within minutes. "The compassion wizard!" she wrote. "Look him up." So I did." { read more } Be The Change Plant a small gift of beauty, joy or wisdom somewhere where it will be chanced upon by a stranger. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House The Third Side of a Conflict The Dash Between The Years The Secret Powers of Time 7 Must-Read Books on Education What Death Has Taught Me About Life The Language of Love Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,969 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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You Are Not Your Body

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November 28, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. - Henry David Thoreau - You Are Not Your Body We often define ourselves by things that are "outside" us: relationships, work, family - even our own bodies. But what would it mean to have your life dramatically altered and your body irrevocably damaged? Who would you be then? In this TEDx talk, walking paraplegic Janine Shepherd, explores the impact of loss on the human psyche and the universal quest to find meaning and fulfillment. It is only through the process of losing everything we thought we needed that we find who we truly are. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about Janine Shepherd and her incredible recovery from a life-threatening accident. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Secrets of the 100-yr-old Marathoner 98-Year-Old Woman Earns Judo's Highest Honor Homeless Man Bails out Banker The Impossible Floating Village Football Team An Ordinary Magical Life Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child Mr. Rogers at the Emmy Awards DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,917 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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