From Ego-System to Eco-System

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November 5, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. - Henry David Thoreau - From Ego-System to Eco-System "We live in an age of profound disruptions. Global crises in finance, food, fuel, water, resource scarcity and poverty challenge every aspect of our societies. These disruptions also open up the possibilities for personal and societal renewal. To seize these possibilities we need to stop and ask ourselves some basic questions: why do our actions collectively create results that so few people want? What keeps us locked into old ways of operating? And what can we do to transform the root problems that keep us trapped in the patterns of the past?" Read on to hear the thoughts of Otto Scharmer, senior lecturer at MIT and founding chair of the Presencing Institute. { read more } Be The Change Write a letter to yourself as if sent from someone in the future. See if this future figure has any advice to offer for what you can do now to be a part of the shift from an ego-system to a new eco-system. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses Four Ways to Give Good Feedback The 'E' For Empathy Test 5 Books to Inspire Innovation 12 Productivity Tips From Incredible Busy People Solving Gen Y's Passion Problem It's More Important to Be Kind Than Clever 10 Keys for Achieving Group Flow DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 132,978 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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5 Life Lessons From 56 Up

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November 4, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering. - Victor Frankl - 5 Life Lessons From 56 Up Have you ever stopped to look back and reflect on the journey of your life thus far? Do you wonder what it would be like if at different phases in the past, you had the wisdom you have now from lessons learned through the years? "The "Up" documentaries have followed 14 people from ages seven to 56 -- and in the process illustrated recent discoveries about the science of a meaningful life." Their findings reflect insights on notions like happiness and purpose which are commonly known, however become deeply compelling when seen in the context of real lives and people. { read more } Be The Change Talk to someone who has known you since childhood and reflect on your own journey of life to see what lessons you have so far, and how you can live your future informed by the wisdom of the past. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness A Guide to Finding Your Passion The Science of Love The Power of Self-Compassion Building A Regret Free Life DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 132,860 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Joanna Macy: A Wild Love for the World

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November 3, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace We are making choices that will affect whether beings thousands of generations from now will be able to be born sound of mind and body. - Joanna Macy - Joanna Macy: A Wild Love for the World Joanna Macy is best known today as a Buddhist scholar and activist. She also translated the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. Her adventurous life included working for the CIA in Cold War Germany, then, as a young mother, she moved with her husband to post-colonial India, where she cared for Tibetan refugees, joining the young, newly exiled Dalai Lama. Later, she became an environmental activist. Learn more about her in this fascinating in-depth interview. { read more } Be The Change Read a beautiful selection of Joanna Macy's favorite Rilke poems here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World A Dying Boy's Special Bond with a Rescue Dog Our 5-yr-old: Alone But Not Lonely The Poetry of Childhood Love, the Most Powerful Medicine New Zealand's River That Is A Person Rescue of Burned Puppy Comes Full Circle Ways To Go Green In 2012 DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 132,770 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Woody Harrelson: Thoughts from Within

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November 2, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace We are privileged, and the duty of privilege is absolute integrity. - John O'Donohue - Woody Harrelson: Thoughts from Within "I sometimes feel like an alien creature, for which there is no earthly explanation," begins Woody Harrelson's introspective poem. "I feel like a run-on sentence in a punctuation-crazy world." This spoken-word piece is brought to life in video with arresting images of the contemporary dilemma, where norms and meaning are dictated by unnatural forces seemingly beyond the control of our individual lives. We have come too far in a direction that has removed us from ourselves. Mr. Harrelson calls for a return to an ethos of caring and belonging that was "pre-us." { read more } Be The Change "Do you dare to feel responsible for every dollar you lay down?" Make every consumptive decision today a thoughtful one. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective How To Be Yourself 39 Ways to Live Not Merely Exist 27 Non-School Skills Children Need The Way of the Peaceful Parent 6 Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions Tammy Strobel's Tiny Home Five Letters of Fatherly Advice DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 132,700 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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