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Archive for September, 2016
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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
– Lao Tzu –
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Martin Levya: Don’t Ever Give Up
Martin Leyva did time for robbery but knew when he walked out of Chino State Prison he would never come back. He would transform his life. In a remarkable story, a blend of perseverance and the world opening up to show him his path, Leyva used his troubled past to become a beacon of hope for others in similar situations. He says, “The whole process [working with youth] feeds my fire for social justice because these youth are so important to our future — to everyone’s future. And youth are vulnerable. We adults have so much power over them– to make them or break them– and because so many people and institutions are threatened by them they use their power to break them. So when the youth get to a program like AHA! where they feel safe, where the adults are really committed to supporting and uplifting and empowering them, it changes the game. It changes how the youth see themselves –as inherently worthwhile people. Seeing them recognize their potential — even just getting a glimpse of it — feeds me.” { read more }
Be The Change
What struggles in your past might be fuel for your future? How can you use your mistakes and difficulties to help others? |
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We tend to overvalue the things we can measure and undervalue the things we cannot.
– John Hayes –
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Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile
When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count. { read more }
Be The Change
How do you evaluate your own success? What relationship does that measurement have to your state of well-being and contentment? For more inspiration read this inspiring piece on “Happiness in the Himalayas” { more } |
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Video of the Week
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The Present
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| “The Present,” based on a comic strip by Brazilian artist Fabio Coala, is a 2014 graduation short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. After a very successful festival circuit, running in over 180 film festivals and winning more than 50 awards, the creators of the film have decided to share “The Present” with the rest of the world. Take a look to see why the film has won so many accolades. |
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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Reclaiming Friendship
Is friendship indispensable or have we corroded its meaning by applying the word too often when we mean ‘acquaintance’ or colleague? C.S. Lewis believed that friendship, “like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself … has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” Maria Popova examines the meaning of friendship in detail, and concludes that, at least for her, it is indispensable to survival. Perhaps that’s true of you, too. { read more }
Be The Change
Call an old friend today. Someone you haven’t spoken to in awhile, and who holds a special place in your heart. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 