Illiterate Fisherman at 90, Literary Star at 98!

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December 28, 2011 a project of CharityFocus The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. - Mortimer Adler - Illiterate Fisherman at 90, Literary Star at 98! He may not have learned to read and write until he was 91, but Jim Henry is becoming a literary star. The retired lobsterman now 98-years-old released his book, "In a Fisherman's Language" last month. And ever since he and his family have found themselves immersed in a world of book printings, agents, publicity and film rights. People from not just around the country but the world are clamoring for copies. Henry, whose own life story tells like a movie, was inspired after learning about the story of George Dawson, the grandson of a slave who wanted to earn his high school diploma by learning how to read and write at 98. { read more } Be The Change Find more ways to incorporate active learning into your life, whether it's through reading, travel, conversations or perhaps simply by honing awareness and observation. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Secrets of the 100-yr-old Marathoner Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami Compassion Caught on a Late-Night Train Today You, Tomorrow Me Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note A Missed Flight & A Connection Found DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,228 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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5 Reasons Why We Serve

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December 27, 2011 a project of CharityFocus You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi - 5 Reasons Why We Serve In a world dominated by financial incentives that appeal to a mindset of consumption, it becomes all the more critical to turn the tide by engaging in small acts of generosity and continually shifting the mindset towards one of inspired contribution. It's a beautiful fact that in practicing kindness in this way, we can't help but deepen our understanding of how inner and outer change are fundamentally intertwined. Based on the experience of hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours, here are five reasons why we serve: to discover abundance, express gratitude, transform ourselves, honor our profound interconnection, and align with a natural unfolding. A beautiful exploration of service: { read more } Be The Change Experiment with being the change, however you define it, and see if it changes your being. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How Do You Want to be Remembered? 5 Classic Commencement Speeches 29 Lessons From Travelling the World The 'Before I Die' Project Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise How Innovation Happens Rappin' to Be the Change Remembering Kindness 41 Years Later DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,187 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Love, the Most Powerful Medicine

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December 26, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Love is the way messengers from the mystery tell us things. - Nisargadatta Maharaj - Love, the Most Powerful Medicine For a brief time, hospice nurse Dean Nash is able to break down the barriers of sickness and the reality of dying through his 10-year-old Australian Shepherd, Stormy. Bringing Stormy into the Crossroads Hospice, Nash says, offers patients unconditional love -- allowing them to temporarily forget about dying and instead focus on the delight of a "ball of fur and a wet nose" to lift their spirits." She gives good love," Nash says. In this three minute video Stormy shows just that. { read more } Be The Change Serve up some tender love and care to someone going through a tough time. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear How Nature Affects the Brain Faith, the Two-Legged Dog Emotional Lives of Animals Where has all the meat gone? Southern Masked Weaver A Roaming Refuge for 1200 Animals 8 Ways to Keep Cool in Summer DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,191 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Seven Tips for Fostering Generosity

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December 25, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Kind hearts are the gardens. Kind thoughts are the roots. Kind words are the blossoms. Kind deeds are the fruits. - Kirpal Singh - Seven Tips for Fostering Generosity "We all know gift giving is an essential, ritualized part of the holidays. But what about the rest of the year? There's good reason to practice generosity even after you've greeted the New Year. As we've reported in the past, giving activates parts of the brain associated with pleasure and social connection; releases endorphins in the brain, producing a 'helper's high'; and provides many long-term health benefits. But we aren't always as giving as we could be. Fortunately, we've published dozens of articles on how to foster generosity in children, institutions, society -- and within ourselves. Here are seven top tips, culled from the Greater Good Science Center's archives, for encouraging people to give all year round." { read more } Be The Change Author Isabelle Allende shares a poignant short passage explaining her motto: "You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time Life is 'Baeutiful' 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less 5 Classic Commencement Speeches Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise Remembering Kindness 41 Years Later DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,177 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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