Servant Leadership: Helping People Come Alive

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July 31, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The Sage is self-effacing and scanty of words. When his task is accomplished and things have been completed, All the people say, 'We ourselves have achieved it!' - Lao Tzu - Servant Leadership: Helping People Come Alive "It's a powerful perspective on work -- holding within it a value for collaboration, agency, creativity, and meaning. What if we all could see what we do in that way? What if our organizations supported us in holding that perspective, and to go one step further, how can we create institutions that release these core values? In his seminal 1970 essay 'The Servant as Leader,' Robert Greenleaf coined the term "servant leader" to describe someone who has that interest. For such a person, 'It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.'" An inspiring article on what it takes for leadership to serve people in coming alive. { read more } Be The Change Do an act of servant leadership today -- serve someone else in shining brightly. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Life is 'Baeutiful' How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings The 'Before I Die' Project The Power of Self-Compassion 29 Lessons From Travelling the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 118,271 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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Giving Wings to Little Prisoners

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July 30, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace We carry our childhood with us. - Gary D. Schmidt - Giving Wings to Little Prisoners 2012 CNN Hero Pushpa Basnet found her calling when she was still a student in social work in Nepal. While visiting a women's prison as an assignment for one of her classes, she felt a tug on her shawl and a little girl smiled at her from behind bars -- a child living with her mother in prison. That image haunted Pushpa until she graduated, and she started a daycare in the morning for children aged 2-4. A few years later, she started a residential home for the older children -- those older than 6 -- so that they could go to school and live "normal" lives while visiting their mothers on holidays. "My mission is to make sure that no child grows up behind prison walls," she says. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about the aspirations of Pushpa Basnet's Early Childhood Development Center and Butterfly Home in serving more children of prisoners in Nepal. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker Mystery Knitter's Olympic Masterpiece Inspirational Graduation Speech by Autistic Student The Body's Grace: A Paralyzed Yoga Teacher's Insights Secrets from 17 Years of Silence Homeless Kid Wows Korea Dalai Lama: A Professional Laugher? Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 118,262 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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9-yr-old Helps Disabled Brother Finish Triathlons

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July 29, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter the way you meet them. - Phyllis Bottome - 9-yr-old Helps Disabled Brother Finish Triathlons Over the weekend, brothers Cayden and Connor Long joined hundreds of other children as they competed in the first annual New England Kids Triathlon in Cambridge. The boys did not win the event -- they didn't even come close. But that didn't stop them from winning hearts across the Internet. The Long brothers are not your typical triathletes. Six-year-old Cayden has cerebral palsy and can neither walk nor talk. But thanks to the dedication of his older brother, Connor, the young boy has participated in several triathlons. A touching video and article outlining their journey: { read more } Be The Change Try to alleviate the loneliness someone in your life faces in working with their challenges. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Secrets of the 100-yr-old Marathoner Homeless Man Bails out Banker The Impossible Floating Village Football Team Mystery Knitter's Olympic Masterpiece Compassion Caught on a Late-Night Train Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note Today You, Tomorrow Me 25 Visionaries Changing Your World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 118,237 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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Better Eating through Mindfulness

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July 28, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace To attain well-being, we need to take care not only of our bodies but also of our minds. Mindfulness practice is central to seeing the interdependence of mind and body. - Lilian Cheung, Thich Nhat Hanh - Better Eating through Mindfulness More than a billion people around the world are overweight, leading to all kinds of health challenges. "Obesity increases health risks like heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, to name a few, and the health care costs to treat obesity-related illness are skyrocketing, with Center for Disease Control estimates in 2008 reaching $147 billion dollars (just in the US). But now there is a new prescription for combating obesity, one that goes beyond ubiquitous diet and exercise regimens: mindfulness, the moment-to-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings." This article from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center shares more. { read more } Be The Change Savor the food you eat today -- with mindfulness and gratitude. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Four Ways to Respond in an Argument Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It How We Can Change Our Minds The Joy of Quiet The Power of Touch 7 Practices to Cultivate Compassion The Mathematics of Being Nice What the Internet Does to Your Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 118,204 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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