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Archive for July 3, 2014
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Video of the Week
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Jul 03, 2014 |
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The League of Afghanistan
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| Jess Markt was going into his second year of college and was a high jumper on the University of Oregon track team when a spinal chord injury left him a paraplegic. He understood that he could dive deep into despair over his new future or he could simply embrace the challenge. He chose the latter. As it happened, Jess decided to take-on not simply his own disability, but also the traumatic disabilities of a very special group of people: Afghans crippled in the violence of the U.S. war against the Taliban. Watch as Jess helps to build confidence and purpose in a group of men who, quite literally, have had the ground taken from beneath their feet. |
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
– Jack Kornfield –
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Finding Treasure In A Thrift-Store Couch
Imagine digging through the cushions on a secondhand couch expecting to find a few extra coins — and pulling out, instead, over $40,000. Now ask yourself, would you then return the money? That’s the question three roommates faced when they realized that the lumps in their newly purchased couch were actually large bundles of money. Money that had been set aside to care for a dying man’s widow. Purchased for just $20 at a local thrift store, read more to learn how one tattered old couch became a focal point for the ‘hidden treasure’ of virtue. { read more }
Be The Change
Develop a habit of choosing the hard right over the easy wrong. Become an advocate for goodness within your community. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 