The Teenager Who Started an Orphanage

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September 17, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs. - Frederick Buechner - The Teenager Who Started an Orphanage On a not-so-uncommon trip to find herself after high school, Maggie Doyne ended up founding an orphanage and building a school in rural Nepal by the age of 23. It started when she made eye contact with an orphan girl in a small village who was carrying a heavy pack of stones to make money. Maggie saw, in that moment, what so many spiritual leaders have tried to distill in their teachings -- she knew that the little girl was no different from her. Maggie used her limited cash to send as many orphaned girls to school as she could, until all she had left was a ticket home. When she got back to the states, she babysat and bake-saled her way to raising enough to open an orphanage. And that was only the beginning. { read more } Be The Change Keep your eyes open today and do one thing to support someone. Get creative and navigate beyond your own restrictions and boundaries. Maybe there's something big or small that you can do that will happily change another's life. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How to Change When Change Is Hard 11 Amazing Thank You Notes Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? The Science of Love A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Building A Regret Free Life DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 129,461 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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How To Focus A Wandering Mind

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September 16, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. - Wayne Dyer - How To Focus A Wandering Mind "A recent study by Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert sampled over 2,000 adults during their day-to-day activities, and found that 47 percent of the time, their minds were not focused on what they were currently doing. Even more striking, when people's minds were wandering, they reported being less happy. This suggests it might be good to find ways to reduce these mental distractions and improve our ability to focus. Ironically, mind-wandering itself can help strengthen our ability to focus, if leveraged properly. This can be achieved using an age-old skill: meditation. Indeed, a new wave of research reveals what happens in our brains when our minds wander -- and sheds light on the host of cognitive and emotional benefits that come with increased focus." This article shares more about the mind that wanders and its "remedy". { read more } Be The Change This week experiment with setting aside some time each day to observe and focus your mind, through stillness and silence. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation 10 Keys To Happier Living What the Internet Does to Your Brain 9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn Learning How To Forgive 6 Habits of Highly Empathic People When Nothing Works DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 129,365 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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We Have Never Been Alone

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September 15, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. - Martha Beck - We Have Never Been Alone Have you witnessed another person's vulnerability and unabashed surrender to their pain in a way that leaves you in a deep and humbled awareness of your own wounds? In this piece Hannah Brencher writes with a poetry that captures the rawness of our shared human experience, . She reminds us of the bond and companionship that is ironically inherent in one of the most complex human emotions -- Loneliness. { read more } Be The Change Take upon the challenge of sharing your own unspoken vulnerability with someone this week. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective The Dash Between The Years 6 Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions The Secret Powers of Time The Point of Being Alive 11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures Are You Training Yourself To Fail? Rethinking the Bucket List DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 129,292 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Leave No Child Inside

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September 14, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living. - Zenobia Barlow - Leave No Child Inside Richard Louv says school shouldn't be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world. When he challenges a group of real estate reps, "how are we going to build communities in the future that actually connect kids with nature?" he discovers unexpected advocates. He seeks solutions people might otherwise never have imagined. Read on to learn more. { read more } Be The Change This week open yourself to every tree and flower you see, and allow the child in you to enjoy it. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity 11 Amazing Thank You Notes The One Thing They Carried With Them Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? The Science of Love A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Building A Regret Free Life DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 129,232 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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