An Indomitable Healing Spirit

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March 27, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive. - Muriel Rukeyser - An Indomitable Healing Spirit For the past two years, James O'Dea has synthesized his remarkable life experience into what he calls "social healing". A former Director of Amnesty International's Washington, DC office and President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, O'Dea's journey has taken him through both the depths of human suffering -- and it's transcendence. Along the way he has been wrestling with profound questions: What does it take for an individual, community and a nation to heal itself? This enriching conversation with O'Dea explores the roots of this tangled question and surfaces poignant reflections on the roles of forgiveness and service in healing the wounds of our world. { read more } Be The Change Heal a small wound from the inside out, starting with yourself, your family or your community. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker The Impossible Floating Village Football Team A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note Homeless Kid Wows Korea A Missed Flight & A Connection Found But Will It Make You Happy? Thinking Outside the Human Mind DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,442 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 Dash Between The Years

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March 26, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. - Maria Robinson - The Dash Between The Years "While busy with work and deadlines and feeling somewhat under pressure, I was sent an advertisement for some inspirational books, one of which included the poem below. When I first glanced at the title, I assumed it was a poem about the race and rush of life, but as I read on it stopped me dead in my tracks and brought tears to my eyes. I had just snapped at a family member and didn't take notice when she tried to get my attention. I stopped what I was doing and went over to give a hug to the person I talked to so sharply, and sat down to talk with her. Not only did it clear the air between us and made her feel a whole lot better, but my own mood also brightened." A real-world story and a poem about life. { read more } Be The Change Live this day with a heightened awareness of how precious it really is. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House The Miracle Birth The Third Side of a Conflict Homeless Man with 'Golden Voice' Simple Philosophy of the World's Oldest Man Five Tips For Making Travel Meaningful Bill Moyers: Naomi Shihab Nye Beauty in Subtlety DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,390 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 Chinese Living Water Garden

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March 25, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace It's a rare fish that knows it swims in water. - Old Adage - A Chinese Living Water Garden Water is art activist Betsy Damon's passion. She was studying sacred springs in China when she began meeting individuals interested in water from a variety of angles: medicine, hydraulic engineering, spirituality. This unique collaboration led to an invitation to review a major water project in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan. Because of her critique, the project was actually scrapped. But then Damon was asked to design a new project -- which actually got built. Stretching along the Yangtze River and serving Chengdu's roughly 10 million citizens, it's the first municipal living water garden in the world -- "Polluted river water moves through a natural, and artistic treatment system of ponds, filters and flowforms, making the process of cleaning water visible." { read more } Be The Change Check out the Living Water Garden gallery at Betsy Damon's website: { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love The 3 A's of Awesome 10 Keys to Happier Living Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 11 Amazing Thank You Notes How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings 5 Classic Commencement Speeches Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,313 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 Empathic Civilization

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March 24, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy. - Dean Koontz - The Empathic Civilization We humans are soft-wired for sociability and affection, wanting to belong and to empathize. The question is "Can we extend our empathy to the entire human race and biosphere?" Bringing in recent insights from fields like neuroscience to anthropology, author and social thinker Jeremy Rifkin's maps out a solution in a stunningly visual and cohesive way. In this ten-minute video, he defines the empathic civilization -- and suggests that if we can imagine that possibility, we can save our species and our planet. "Empathy is grounded in the acknowledgment of death and the celebration of life, and rooting for each other to flourish and be ... the ability to show solidarity not only with each other, but our fellow creatures." { read more } Be The Change As you use your intellect today, make a conscious effort to add in courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective Homeless Man with 'Golden Voice' Simple Philosophy of the World's Oldest Man Five Tips For Making Travel Meaningful Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains Why Are Easy Decisions So Hard? Beauty in Subtlety DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 113,332 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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