Casa De Paz: Oakland's House of Peace

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August 23, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. - Emily Greene Balch - Casa De Paz: Oakland's House of Peace 36th Avenue in the Fruitvale district of East Oakland, California, is the turf of three major gangs. Yet the residents of Casa de Paz never lock their doors. Anchored by Pancho Ramos Stierle and Adelaja Simon, Casa de Paz is part of a group of several homes that form an intentional community of peace and nonviolence in an area rife with structural and physical violence. In order to serve their community, they live with the people -- laugh with them, cry with them, and eat with them. They embody "giftivism" -- practicing radical acts of generosity that changes the world, one heart, one home, one block at a time. { read more } Be The Change Who constitutes your community? How can you better nourish and support each other? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The Science of Love Building A Regret Free Life A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,626 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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James Doty's Helper's High

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August 22, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace In the fullness of Love blossoms the beautiful, fragrant flower of compassion. - Amma - James Doty's Helper's High Happiness comes from a having a purpose, or at least, that is what James Doty's life exemplifies. Founder of a compassion research center at Stanford University, or CCARE, Doty gave up a billion dollar company and has dedicated his life to not only serving others, but creating the high-level research that suggests that happiness is found in what we give, not in what we get. An atheist, his findings are deeply moving and align nonetheless quite closely with the wisdom traditions, providing a needed scientific basis for acts of care. We work for the greater good because it makes life better for everyone, in which our own good is included. { read more } Be The Change Compassion and purpose are about strong relationships. Make someone a cup of tea today, and give them your full, one-pointed attention as you listen to what they have to say. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Science of Love The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Relationships Are More Important than Ambition Building A Regret Free Life Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Resilience: The Opposite of Depression DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,617 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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This Is Your Brain On Food

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August 21, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. - Hippocrates - This Is Your Brain On Food Should the Hippocratic maxim "Let food be thy medicine" apply to mental health care? According to recent research on the effect of diet and nutrition on the health of the brain, the answer may be, "Absolutely!" After more than half a century of depending primarily on prescription drugs for relief, the medical and psychiatric community is rediscovering the numerous connections between food and mental illness. Read on to learn more about food may become an integral part of holistic mental health care. { read more } Be The Change Resolve to slowly start cutting out processed foods from your diet, not only for your physical health but for your mental health as well. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The College Course That's Changing Lives The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Science of Love 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,585 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Songwriting With Soldiers

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August 20, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Music is what feelings sound like. - Georgia Cates - Songwriting With Soldiers A chance meeting with a soldier after performing in a hospital in Germany inspired songwriter Darden Smith to work with members of the military to turn their stories into music. Smith now runs Songwriting With:Soldiers, a non-profit organization which pairs veterans and troops with professional songwriters in a peaceful environment. The service members share their stories and the songwriters mold them into lyrics and set them to melody. "We all have a story," Smith says. "When we listen, and listen well enough to take the solders' words and turn them into art, and sing it back to them, something happens. What it is, I don't know. I'm a songwriter, not a therapist. But something happens, and it's powerful." { read more } Be The Change Find a song that expresses how you feel about a loved one and share that song with them. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity There's More to Life Than Being Happy Relationships Are More Important than Ambition On Navigating Stuckness 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,547 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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