The Thinking Habit That Changed My Life

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December 14, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward - The Thinking Habit That Changed My Life Writing out a gratitude list can be a simple, yet profound act. "It's interesting, because so much of our lives are spent in unconscious mental habits. Without knowing it, we complain, we nitpick, we stress about little faults; we see the bad in people and situations. Changing that doesn't happen immediately. However, you can change a little at a time. Start with a small gratitude session, and really be thankful. Really feel the happiness that something or someone is in your life." { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to make a list of the things you're thankful for. You just might be looking back on this moment years later, as the moment your entire life changed. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy Top 5 Regrets of the Dying The Power of Introverts Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation The Joy of Quiet Roger Ebert Goes Gently Into That Good Night 7 Essential Books on Optimism When Nothing Works DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,392 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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The Truth About Love & Vulnerability

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December 13, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. - C.S. Lewis - The Truth About Love & Vulnerability "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." See the words of C.S. Lewis come to life through the cartoons of Zen Pencils artist Gavin Aung. { read more } Be The Change Try your hand at bringing a favorite quote to life through art, be it creating a drawing, putting the words to song, or expressing yourself through another creative outlet. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How To Be Yourself Mark Twain's Top 9 Tips For Living An Awesome Life 27 Non-School Skills Children Need The Way of the Peaceful Parent The Secret Powers of Time The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing Are You Training Yourself To Fail? A 5-Year-Old's Reflection On Life & Death DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,318 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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7 Lessons For Leaders In Systems Change

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December 12, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. - W.B. Yeats - 7 Lessons For Leaders In Systems Change Creating systemic change is increasingly imperative in our times as we seek ways to improve the way that we live and relate to each other and to the earth. This large-scale thinking recognizes that, "Individual things - like plants, people, schools, communities, and watersheds - are all systems of interrelated elements. At the same time, they can't be fully understood apart from the larger systems in which they exist." What does it take to change the systems in which we live today? This piece offers seven lessons for community leaders, politicians, and teachers, and others vested in nurturing ecological conditions that are ripe for change and awakening. { read more } Be The Change Consider the systems in which you live, work, and play - perhaps your family, professional organization, or sports team. Try using one or a few of the lessons suggested in this article to address a need for change in your system. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard The One Thing They Carried With Them Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,259 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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The Healthy Way To Forgive Yourself

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December 11, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee - The Healthy Way To Forgive Yourself "The ability to forgive oneself for mistakes, large and small, is critical to psychological well-being. But self-forgiveness has a dark side. Research suggests that while it can relieve unpleasant feelings like guilt and shame, it can also reduce empathy for others and motivation to make amends. Is there a healthy way to forgive yourself?" Read on to learn four ways you can forgive yourself without compromising your ability to take responsibility for your actions. { read more } Be The Change What is a mistake that you have made recently? How can you forgive yourself and still move forward positively, while still embracing the truth of what went wrong? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard There's More to Life Than Being Happy A Guide to Finding Your Passion The College Course That's Changing Lives 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,193 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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