A Dying Boy's Special Bond with a Rescue Dog

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February 8, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The most important thing in this world is to learn to give out love, and let it come in. - Morrie Schwartz - A Dying Boy's Special Bond with a Rescue Dog Every moment is extra precious for 4-yr-old Lucas Hembree. Suffering from Sanfilippo syndrome, he isn't expected to live past 15. As the disease started to take a toll on Lucas' joints, his father Chester looked into getting a service dog to keep Lucas steady when he walked. A combination of prayer and persistence led Chester to Juno. "I had the feeling in my gut that I had to go see this dog," said Chester. But Juno herself was in bad shape: "She was emaciated, and was days away from being euthanized," said Chester. Right away, there was something instinctive about the relationship between Lucas and Juno. One day, Chester noticed Juno circling Lucas while he was in his wheelchair. "She was whining and nudging him with her nose," Chester says. "I checked his oxygen levels and they were very low." After giving him oxygen, Lucas returned to normal and Juno greeted him with licks and affection. The full, heart-melting story: { read more } Be The Change Today, approach the day with a resolve to give out love, and let it in. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Our 5-yr-old: Alone But Not Lonely Building Green Houses from Garbage Emotional Lives of Animals Giant Water Lily: Nature's Hidden Designs Love, the Most Powerful Medicine Living Plastic Free Where has all the meat gone? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,051 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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Money Can Buy Anything -- Except Meaning

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February 7, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace If great truth does not enter into our relation to money, it cannot enter our lives. - Jacob Needleman - Money Can Buy Anything -- Except Meaning "Money helps you do what you want to do. And what you want to do is something that will bring your life meaning. It helps to accomplish those things. On the other hand, the struggle wakes you up. That's what it's really all about: waking up. The money question: If it serves to wake me up to what I want, what I wish for, what I'm willing to sacrifice for, what I'm not going to compromise for, then I feel alive. I feel meaningful. That brings life. I don't think it's naive to say you can't really fail, going in that direction. You might lose the deal here or there, but something in you has been nourished that's truly human." Noted philosopher Jacob Needleman explores how we come to a greater understanding of ourselves by understanding the true meaning of money. { read more } Be The Change Prof. Barry Schwartz shares an intriguing reflection on how a societal over-reliance on incentives can undermine virtues. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Miracle Birth The Third Side of a Conflict Why Money Is Like Beer Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains See Yourself in Six Billion Others Bill Clinton Starts a Vegan Revolution! The Dumpster An Artist Who Photographs Weeds DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,996 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 Survivor's Sunrise Ritual

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February 6, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. - Anais Nin - A Survivor's Sunrise Ritual No two sunrises are ever the same. Debbie Wagner knows this better than almost anyone else. With earnest devotion, she has risen in the darkness more than 2,200 times so she could observe and paint the sunrise. She's rarely missed a morning since December 2005; for Wagner, the daily ritual is sustaining. "As a brain-tumor survivor, I lost so many of the loves I had, like reading and writing and mathematics," said Wagner. And increasingly, Wagner's artwork is taking on personal significance for others as well. Three weeks ago, the family of Justin Tyler Berry reached out to Wagner: "My 24-year-old nephew was killed in a car accident December 12th, 2011 -- the day of his last sunrise here with us," Cox wrote. "I would like to purchase that day's painting, if it is available, and also December 13th, 2011. Both unframed please." A touching story of beauty and connection. { read more } Be The Change Renew your perception of beauty within the familiar -- and share what you discover with someone today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Inspirational Graduation Speech by Autistic Student A Poem Is 25 Visionaries Changing Your World Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child The Burrito Man Who Changed Lives How He Crossed the Finish Line DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,973 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 Guide to Finding Your Passion

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February 5, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. - Arnold Toynbee - A Guide to Finding Your Passion "Following your passion can be a tough thing. But figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive. I'm lucky -- I've found my passion, and I'm living it. I can testify that it's the most wonderful thing, to be able to make a living doing what you love. And so, in this little guide, I'd like to help you get started figuring out what you'd love doing. This will be the thing that will get you motivated to get out of bed in the morning, to cry out, 'I'm alive! I'm feeling this, baby!'. This guide won't be comprehensive, and it won't find your passion for you. But it will help you in your journey to find it." Leo Babauta shares his personal story about finding his passion, and shares ten tips that helped him get there. { read more } Be The Change YES! Magazine shares this article: "Need a Job? Create Your Own -- 5 Entrepreneurs Who Said No to Corporate Jobs" { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love 10 Keys to Happier Living Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings The Untapped Power of Smiling The 'Before I Die' Project Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,941 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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