Curry Without Worry: Food from the Heart

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January 12, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it. - E.B. White - Curry Without Worry: Food from the Heart "The founder of Curry Without Worry, Shrawan Nepali, has shoulder length salt and pepper hair, brown eyes that sparkle like he's about to break into a smile, and a lightness to him, as if he seems to defy gravity...They feed approximately 250 people in San Francisco, and 300 in Katmandu, Nepal every Tuesday night. Kerry Adams, a man waiting in line, told me, "Not only is the food here healthy and tasty, but Shrawan and everyone else working is so polite that you walk away with good manners. And if you want, you can volunteer." Shrawan's last name is Nepali, which is given to children who grow up in orphanages in Nepal." { read more } Be The Change Cook and share a meal with a friend or new acquaintance this week. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 3 A's of Awesome No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 Life is 'Baeutiful' Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness A Guide to Finding Your Passion How to Change When Change Is Hard The 'Before I Die' Project DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,235 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 World Needs More Love Letters

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January 11, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace I'm a little pencil in the hands of God who is scripting his love letter to the world. - Mother Teresa - The World Needs More Love Letters Finding a letter of encouragement in the mail or tucked unexpectedly in the unlikeliest of places is sometimes all we need when in doubt or feeling down on our luck. And imagine receiving this note anonymously, as if some magical force out there knew just what you needed to hear and wanted you to know that you haven't been forgotten. In the fall of 2010, in the midst of her own depression and loneliness, Hannah Brencher was inspired to become this magical force. A single letter scribbled on board a subway train would ripple out into what is now a global movement called The World Needs More Love Letters. Read more about Hannah's inspired journey. { read more } Be The Change Write an affirming note today and tuck it into a corner for a stranger to find. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure The 3 A's of Awesome Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,220 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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Naomi Shihab Nye On Kindness

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January 10, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Listening to language, feeling stories unfold and poems arrive, being present to the page -- I do not think of it as a career, I think of it as a devotion. - Naomi Shihab Nye - Naomi Shihab Nye On Kindness The poems of Naomi Shihab Nye have an uncanny way of showing up at exactly the right moment to summon you below the surface of your life. The child of a Palestinian father and an American mother, her poems speak a language deeper than culture, history or religion. Through the portal of the everyday -- a grocery store, an olive press, the headlines -- she draws us into the most profound questions and revelations of the soul. In addition to writing poetry, Nye writes fiction, essays and children's books, and has edited several anthologies. In this interview she shares more about her life and craft. { read more } Be The Change What aspects of your own life carry qualities of devotion? How do you honor that each day? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness The 3 A's of Awesome 10 Keys to Happier Living 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less 11 Amazing Thank You Notes 5 Classic Commencement Speeches The 'Before I Die' Project 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,199 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 Power of Whimsy

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January 9, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time - Diane Ackerman - The Power of Whimsy Public spaces serve multiple functions for society and, more and more, they are being utilized in ever-creative ways. In many of these cases, whimsy seems to be at the heart of the matter, even if it is not the main driver. For instance, in a bid to improve public health by encouraging more people to use the stairs instead of the escalator, The Fun Theory (a Volkswagen initiative) transformed a set of Stockholm subway stairs into piano keys -- each step a person took played a note. As a result, 66 percent more people took the stairs than the escalator. In another example, a Dutch railway company had a slide installed atop one of the stairways leading down to a station in Utrecht and dubbed it a 'transfer accelerator.' This delightful piece shares more. { read more } Be The Change Do something differently today that invites the power of whimsy into your life. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Life is 'Baeutiful' Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral 5 Classic Commencement Speeches The Power of Self-Compassion Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,167 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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