Building a 'Muscular Empathy'

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April 8, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Everyone adds something to a situation by their actions and words. The very first things said or done, will quickly decide what happens next, positive or negative. Be patient and empathetic, and the direction usually goes positive. - Gary Rudz - Building a 'Muscular Empathy' "'We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions.' In attempting to empathize, we're actually missing the point if we are judging at all. Because then we are more concerned with being knowledgeable, being right -- or even being good -- than we are with actually feeling another person's reality. But even moral imagination, operating creatively from a place of first putting myself in another's shoes, while crucial, is only the beginning. To effect a lasting change in perception and understanding, I have to actually experience another's reality as if it were my own. The good news is that scientific research increasingly shows that a part of the brain already does exactly that." An insightful reflection on building a 'muscular empathy.' { read more } Be The Change Work on building your empathy muscles today: listen, feel, relate, and respond to someone's needs. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer Four Ways to Respond in an Argument Secrets to Longevity Five Practices for Cultivating Patience 25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism A Change of Heart Changes Everything How to Transform Negative Emotions Can You Teach Emotional Intelligence? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,489 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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The Power of Self-Compassion

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April 7, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. - Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Power of Self-Compassion Are you your own worst critic? It's common to beat ourselves up for faults big and small. But according to psychologist and author Kristin Neff, that self-criticism comes at a price. For the last decade, Neff has been a pioneer in the study of "self-compassion," the revolutionary idea that you can actually be kind to yourself, accept your own faults-- and enjoy deep emotional benefits as a result. In this insightful interview she discusses the three core aspects of self-compassion, and shares how poignant experiences, including being the mother of a son diagnosed with autism, helped her better understand the vital importance of kindness towards oneself. { read more } Be The Change This week, experiment with incorporating the three core components of self-compassion that Neff describes in your own life. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Keys to Happier Living Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral 29 Lessons From Travelling the World Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,473 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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Wisdom From Alice, Age 108

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April 6, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. - Anne Frank - Wisdom From Alice, Age 108 At age 108, Holocaust survivor Alice Herz Sommer still practices piano for 3 hours every day. At age 104, she had a book written about her life: "A Garden Of Eden In Hell." At age 83, she had cancer. Alice survived the concentration camps through her music, her optimism and her gratitude for the small things that came her way - a smile, a kind word, the sun. When asked about the secret of her longevity, Alice says: "I look where it is good." { read more } Be The Change Learn more about the incredible life of Alice Herz Sommer, the oldest living Holocaust survivor. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami Today You, Tomorrow Me Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Homeless Kid Wows Korea Dalai Lama: A Professional Laugher? Leap of Faith Thinking Outside the Human Mind DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,424 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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Two Tragic Moments & One Boy's Compassion

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April 5, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. - Steve Maraboli - Two Tragic Moments & One Boy's Compassion Nearly a decade ago Eddie Canales was watching his son's football game. Chris Canales, a high school senior, had three offers to play college football, and that night, he was having the game of his life. With four minutes left in the fourth quarter, he made a touchdown-saving tackle. But something went wrong. "I could hear my teammates saying, 'Chris, come on, let's go,' " Chris, now 26, remembered. "And I couldn't move." It was a spinal chord injury that left the teenager permanently paralyzed. A year after that fateful day Chris and his father would return to the football field for the first time after the accident. Which is when the unexpected would happen and tragedy would change their life irrevocably for the second time - and evoke an inspiring response. { read more } Be The Change Be generous with your blessings. Make time to alleviate someone's pain. Even if it's just through a kind word or the comfort of shared presence. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love The 3 A's of Awesome 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection Life is 'Baeutiful' 11 Amazing Thank You Notes A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise Rappin' to Be the Change DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,441 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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