What The People Of The Amazon Know That You Don't

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January 24, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. - Paracelsus - What The People Of The Amazon Know That You Don't "Many human afflictions are diseases of the heart, the mind and the spirit. Western medicine can't touch those. I cure them." Deep in the Amazon rainforest, there are a small number of indigenous tribes who maintain a healing tradition that far pre-dates the development of modern medicine. In this powerful TED talk, ethnobiologist Mark Plotkin outlines the many challenges and perils that are endangering the tribes of the Amazon rainforest, and the urgent need to protect their irreplaceable wisdom. { read more } Be The Change Are there any small things you could change in your day to day life that could improve your health? If so, take a small step in that direction today! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity The Science of Love 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Power of Place: Photos From Around the World Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Ten Things Creative People Know DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 155,019 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Knitting Behind Bars

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January 23, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. - William Shakespeare - Knitting Behind Bars You wouldn't expect to find a knitting class 'behind bars', so to speak. But, for roughly two hours out of every week that's exactly where you'll find some of the male inmates incarcerated at the minimum security prison in Jessup, Maryland. The program is called, Knitting Behind Bars and it is the brainchild of co-founder, Lynn Zwerling. "It teaches you how to focus.It teaches you how to make a task and meet that goal. It teaches you how to control your anger," offers Zwerling. "These are skills that, quite possibly, many people in our society are lacking." Read more to discover how one grass roots program is helping to provide life skills to those in need. { read more } Be The Change How might you use your talents to the benefit of others today? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Resilience: The Opposite of Depression Ten Things Creative People Know Because I'm Happy 7 Keys To A Good Death DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,989 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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From Sharing Economy To Gift Ecology

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January 22, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace Service doesn't start when you have something to give; it blossoms naturally when you - Nipun Mehta - From Sharing Economy To Gift Ecology Technology advances and a consumer-based world have created a 'sharing economy', where it becomes easy to commoditize things that were typically offered as gifts. Consider the difference between offering your neighbor a lift to the airport, and using Uber to find a stranger who will pay you for a ride. When society focuses all its energy on monetary pursuits, what happens to the spirit of volunteerism in our local communities? When we forget what it means to gift our time and kindness to others, we lose our sense of interconnectedness. We begin to live in a space of fear and scarcity, rather than joy and abundance. What's the antidote? By practicing unconditional generosity, and nurturing the pay-it-forward spirit, we can transform our world from one of 'sharing economies' to one full of 'gift ecologies.' This thoughtful piece by Nipun Mehta shares more. { read more } Be The Change Do something from a space of unconditional generosity today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The College Course That's Changing Lives The Science of Love On Navigating Stuckness 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Ladder to the Pleiades DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,955 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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What Do I Do With IT?

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January 21, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. - Abraham Lincoln - What Do I Do With IT? What to do with "It"? There are many "its" in our lives, but no matter what "it" is that we have to face, we always have a choice about how we respond. Through her whimsical art, Deb Koffman reminds us that there's never just one way to deal with the blessings and challenges that greet us along the way. { read more } Be The Change What "it" are you facing today? See if Deb's art can help you transform your response to what has come your way. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity On Navigating Stuckness Building A Regret Free Life A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Ladder to the Pleiades Resilience: The Opposite of Depression Because I'm Happy 7 Keys To A Good Death DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,856 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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