A 3-Step Guide to Practical Contentment

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June 22, 2013 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 - A 3-Step Guide to Practical Contentment "We start out in life thinking that we're awesome. We can dance in public as 5-year-olds and not care what others think of us. By the time we're adults, that's driven out of us." We doubt, judge, and criticize ourselves as we strive for happiness. In this article, Leo Babauta discusses how to reclaim contentment and why it can be a better thing to strive for than happiness. In this piece the author of Zen Habits discusses the role of self-trust in attaining contentment, and offers up three helpful practices. { read more } Be The Change Today, experiment with switching your focus from pursuing happiness to finding contentment. How does your new mindset affect how you respond to the events of the day? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 11 Amazing Thank You Notes The One Thing They Carried With Them Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness The 'Before I Die' Project Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love There's More to Life Than Being Happy 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,791 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 Night I Died

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June 21, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. - Haruki Murakami - The Night I Died In this beautifully written piece, a writer describes an experience in which she moved between two realities. When attacked and almost choked to death, she tuned into a presence that utterly transformed the experience and arguably saved her life. She begins her description of the event: "I read a story about how no animals were found among the dead after a tsunami; sensing the infinitesimal vibration of what was coming, they headed for higher ground. Even before I could grasp what was happening, it was as if the animal of my body and my physical brain was heading for higher ground, opening to receive help from above. Even before I glimpsed the light, my heart was opening to a kind of feeling that cannot be created or destroyed by anyone, only received." Here's how Tracy Cochran tells her story... { read more } Be The Change Today try tuning in to the subtle realities of the moment. You might even find that in doing so you are able to help someone else. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Keys To Happier Living 7 Habits of Mindful Eating How To Trick Your Brain for Happiness 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health What the Internet Does to Your Brain 7 Essential Books on Optimism When Nothing Works The Psychology of Choice: 5 Perspectives DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,791 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 Romanian Truck Driver's Love of Underdogs

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June 20, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs. - Frederick Buechner - A Romanian Truck Driver's Love of Underdogs Truck driver Tamara Raab has made a couple of 2,000 mile round trip journeys to drive a massive load of donated dog and cat food, veterinary supplies and pet beds to animal shelters in Romania -- a global hot spot for animal cruelty and neglect. But this time she didn't have the 3,500 Euros required to pay the fuel. So she sought support from a nonprofit that sponsors major animal protection efforts around the world, to ask for help. She was not optimistic. So when she received a reply within the hour with just one question, "How can we make this project much, much bigger?," Tamara lowered her face into the palms of her hands as the tears began to warm her cheeks. A real world story of an everyday hero committed to serving the unsheltered. { read more } Be The Change Do you love a particular kind of underdog? Go the extra mile to serve their cause. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Mystery Knitter's Olympic Masterpiece The Poorest & Most Generous President in the World A 21-Year-Old's Solution to Homelessness One of the Greatest Love Stories Ever From 'Dummy' to Celebrated Brain Surgeon Homeless Kid Wows Korea The Present of Being Present Guerilla Gardener Plants Joy in Potholes DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,772 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 Volcanic Eruption of Kindness

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June 19, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion. - -Sharon Salzberg- - A Volcanic Eruption of Kindness “I run a hotel in London. During the problems with the now infamous ash cloud, I spent the morning listening to people calling in to a radio show on London's LBC radio station to tell their stories of woe. The story that struck me the most was a call from a man named Peter who had just gotten married the previous weekend to Maz. They were due to leave for their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic but could not due to the ash cloud. When James O'Brien, the radio presenter, asked if he was upset, Peter said: 'Not at all, I've married the loveliest girl in the world whom I adore so no I'm not unhappy at all'. A little later, after numerous cancellations due to people not being able to travel, I had an idea and called the LBC station.” Read on to find out how an Icelandic volcano eruption enabled a stranger to act generously, eventually snowballing to affect others. { read more } Be The Change Look for ways to turn an unexpected situation into an opportunity for generosity and kindness. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful There's More to Life Than Being Happy 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 123,759 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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