The Danger of a Single Story

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November 21, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. - Chimamanda Adichie - The Danger of a Single Story Growing up in Nigeria, author Chimamanda Adichie only read stories about blue-eyed British children, playing in the snow and eating apples. She loved these stories, but she could not connect to these stories. Growing up in an English-speaking former colony, Adichie nevertheless embraces Nigerian history and tradition to write critically acclaimed diasporan literature. Watch her discuss her own youth and the perceptions about Africa she had to overcome. { read more } Be The Change Close your eyes and spend some time thinking about some of the sterotypical concusions you may have made about someone you know and then set out to learn more about them COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral A 21-Year-Old's Solution to Homelessness Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note The Man Who Left Hollywood For His True Calling The Spirit of Gift Homeless Kid Wows Korea Mr. Rogers at the Emmy Awards DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,651 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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Untrack: Letting Go of the Stress of Measuring

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November 20, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life -- not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving -- not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness -- not by our seeming greatness. - William Arthur Ward - Untrack: Letting Go of the Stress of Measuring "There are a few old management adages that seem to run like a current through our society, powering our work and personal lives: "You can't manage what you don't measure" and "You are what you measure" and "You get what you measure". And I've fallen for it myself. At various times, I've tracked workouts, miles run, everything I've eaten, every single work task I complete, progress towards goals, my weight, my body fat percentage... expenses, earnings, debt, website visitors, ad clicks, tweets, followers, and on and on. Sometimes I've tracked a few of these at the same time." What if there was a better way? { read more } Be The Change Experiment with "untracking" your life this week. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House Three Parables to Regain Perspective What Death Has Taught Me About Life Raising Kids to be Less Stuff-Centered The Language of Love The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing Advice as an Art Form A Lost 5-yr-old Finds Family 25 Years Later DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,626 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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What The Fire Could Not Destory

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November 19, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. - Pema Chodron - What The Fire Could Not Destory "Ben and Norma Shapiro spent Thanksgiving week in New York City. They went to two jazz clubs, one comedy club, two movies, six plays and five museums. They had packed clothes to take them to those events, plus casual walking. And those are all the clothes they have left. On their last night in NYC, Nov. 30, they went to a jazz club and returned to their hotel. The manager met them as they entered the lobby and told them that the Concord fire chief called and asked that they call back immediately. Quoting Ben, Norma said "We knew that they were not calling because a cat was stuck in a tree..." { read more } Be The Change Take time to reflect on the things you are grateful for -- that aren't "things". COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Mystery Knitter's Olympic Masterpiece The Impossible Floating Village Football Team A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note An Ordinary Magical Life Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Homeless Kid Wows Korea Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,611 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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For Love of Sheeba the Cheetah

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November 18, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. - Barbara De Angelis - For Love of Sheeba the Cheetah "Every parent knows the bittersweet ache of watching their children grow and leave the nest, but what happens when your baby is not yet two years old and can already run as fast as a car? No one knows exactly how a one-month-old cheetah cub made her way under the fence of the Ol Pejeta chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya in October of 2010. It's no small miracle that sanctuary workers spotted her before the apes could make a meal out of her, yet great concern set in after an extensive search turned up absolutely no trace of the cub's natural mother. With nowhere else to turn, sanctuary staff loaded the little cheetah onto a jeep and they set off together on a journey into the world of mankind." The story of Sheeba the Cheetah, raised by humans who loved her enough to set her free. { read more } Be The Change Pour your heart into serving another's journey unconditionally, in ways large or small. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 20 Amazing Photos From Outer Space A 15-yr-old Dog's Gift Two Ducks & Their 7-Year-Old Hero The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World Building Green Houses from Garbage Wind Powered Art Love, the Most Powerful Medicine Life Lessons from A Winged Visitor DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 122,600 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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