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April 23, 2017

Small Acts of Kindness

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	Listening to the elderly man’s life story at the market was a blessing for both of them.
	Her park bench became a “therapy listening” site for passers-by.
	He developed an app to save discarded food and help people in need!

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April 23, 2017

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Broadway Theater Gives Troubled Teens a Second Act

When we transform troubled youth, we change their futures and our our own. But how to reach them? Stargate Theater in New York City has a novel approach: it pays court-involved and at-risk youth to script and stage performance pieces. This process gives youths the opportunity to express themselves while aiming to reduce recidivism, teach literacy, and provide valuable work experience for their resumes. When Christopher Thompson first arrived at Stargate, he was shut down, had poor posture, and failed to hold his head high. The program helped him express his emotions, become more confident, and have hope for the future. It was a step in the right direction at a time when he needed it most — something we should be offering more to kids in need. Read on for full story. { read more }

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April 22, 2017

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Earth Guardians: Responding to Global Crisis

Since he was a kid, indigenous environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez understood that all life is sacred and “each and every one of us is deeply connected not only to each other but to the world around us.” At 6 years old, he saw Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary “The 11th Hour” and recognized that climate change is happening and that he has to do more. Now a teenager, Xiuthezcatl is the Youth Director of Earth Guardians, inspiring youth to understand their role as caretakers of the Earth. Earth Guardians stand up for the Earth, Water, Air, and Atmosphere so that current generations and those that follow will inherit a healthy and habitable planet. Now Earth Guardian crews are on 6 different continents and creating real change, including lawsuits demanding climate recovery plans, acting as part of Generation RYSE. { read more }

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Today is Earth Day! Commit to an everyday action or a shift you can make to support the health of the planet. Start by joining the 21 Day Eco-Footprint Challenge that starts today. { more }

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April 21, 2017

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Yoga Shala West: Moving From Transaction to Trust

Pranidhi Varshney founded Yoga Shala West (YSW) “to create an environment for practice that was inclusive to all people, regardless of financial barriers.” She aimed to move away from the transactional and image-driven nature of contemporary yoga, opting instead for an alternative fee structure and community-based social enterprise model. At YSW, “each student is not paying for his or her own practice. Rather, all students are contributing what they can to the community so that all of us may thrive in practice. The fee structure is set up in a flexible manner. In this way, we are moving from transaction to trust.” In this interview, Pranidhi talks about her journey that led to the creation of YSW, and what it takes to build a social enterprise based on inclusiveness rather than just profit. Through all her work, she aims to inspire, provoke, build community, and ultimately touch the heart. { read more }

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At YSW, students are encouraged to “think not about getting the best deal, but about allocating capital in a way that aligns with their core values.” How can you align capital with your values today?

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April 20, 2017

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Thu Nguyen: The Creative Act of Healing

Thu Nguyen’s life trajectory has far from predictable. Her father left before she was born. As a child she relocated with her mother from Vietnam to Canada as a refugee. She won an engineering scholarship, landed a prestigious career in high tech. Then, not once, but twice, a sobering health diagnosis would force her to take stock and shift gears. The first time it was diabetes, and her quest for health took her back to Vietnam, turned her into a food writer, and published author before returning her to high tech. The second time it was a pre-cancer diagnosis. In search of healing she discovered meditation, and numerous alternative healing modalities — modalities that allowed her to start an inside out transformative process that reconnected her within and without. Today she is a tech entrepreneur with a passion for service. Read more about her journey. { read more }

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Consider how you can you approach healing in your own life as a creative act. Join an Awakin Call with Thu this Saturday! RSVP here. { more }

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April 19, 2017

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The Newscaster Who Wouldn’t Give Up On A Foster Child

For 25 years, retiring newscaster Gloria Campos has profiled foster children who were waiting to be adopted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on the “Wednesday’s Child” television segment at WFAA-TV. Campos estimates that, over the years, she has featured more than 350 children, 75 percent of whom were adopted thanks to her reporting. But of all those children, there was one young boy whose story she would not soon forget that of Ke’onte Cook. In 2007, Campos featured spunky, well-spoken, 8-year-old Ke’onte on her program. He was adopted shortly after the segment, but unfortunately it didn’t work out and he went back into the foster care system, where he bounced from home to home. After learning about his unfortunate situation, Campos featured Ke’onte again in August 2009. This time, Carol and Scott Cook were watching, and they knew that Ke’onte was meant to be their son. { read more }

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Can you think of anyone who may be thinking of giving up? How can you show that person you care?

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April 18, 2017

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Spotlight on Earth Day

Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day marks a global celebration of Earth and the concept of peace. It presents an opportunity to demonstrate support for environmental protection. From lush rain forests to arid deserts, thundering waterfalls to serene ponds, majestic glaciers to craggy mountains and teeming coral reefs, Earth is a complex, interconnected planet, filled with diversity and abundance. New species continue to be discovered, and the relationships among species and ecosystems are increasingly revealed in our understanding as intricate and inextricably linked. To be tenants of Planet Earth is a cause for gratitude, but we also have responsibilities to maintain and protect our planet for each other and for future generations. In this Spotlight on Earth Day, we take a look back at prior DailyGood features and offer some suggestions of how you can support and celebrate this planet we all call home. { read more }

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Find a way to celebrate Earth today. For more inspiration, join KindSpring’s upcoming 21-Day Eco-Footprint Challenge in honor of Earth Day! Sign up and more info here. { more }

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April 17, 2017

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Love Your Enemies. What Does It Mean? Can It Be Done?

Love comes in a variety of forms. We can love our families, our friends, our work, our home… but have we been able to fully embrace the possibility of loving our enemies? Here Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast translates this idealistic-sounding notion into a real world, every day context. Brother David proposes that so long as we have rigid convictions, we make ourselves ‘enemies’ of those who oppose them, whether it be a long standing disagreement, or brief ill-feelings. Brother David redefines what it means to love, allowing the expression of compassion and respect to be our anchor for coming back to a loving stance even with those who oppose us. This illuminating article shares ways we can cultivate this approach in our own lives. { read more }

Be The Change

The next time you feel a sense of friction between yourself and someone else, take a moment to consider that there are always things you can’t see about the other person. Reflect on the fact that their perspectives and personality have been shaped by many forces. Allow yourself to respect their reality, whilst being aware that differs to your own.

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