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The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand.
– Robert Valett –
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A Change of Heart Changes Everything
Did you know that briefly re-experiencing a cherished memory creates synchronization in your heart rhythm in mere seconds? It increases the release of healthy, energizing hormones, while decreasing levels of damaging stress hormones, and strengthening the immune system. HeartMath, an emotional physiology research institute, has also discovered that if someone has a coherent heart rhythm, it has a demonstrably positive effect on other people in close proximity. Their cutting edge research establishes the physical heart as central to human health, success and fulfillment. But how do you ‘change your heart?’ According to their research, “If you consciously shift your attention to a positive emotion, like appreciation or care, or if you allow your thoughts to return to the feeling of a cherished memory, your heart rhythm changes immediately.” { read more }
Submitted by: V. Mehta
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Make an effort today to be aware of how your state of mind is affecting your body. |
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All models are false but some are useful.
– George E. P. Box –
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Learning to Love Uncertainty and Failure
Edge Magazine called for eminent scientists, philosophers, and artists to submit responses to the question, “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s toolkit?” The results have recently been published online. A common basis among the responses was that many people currently misunderstand the scientific process, undervalue the need for scientific doubt, and fail to recognize the role of failure. As remedies, the world’s biggest brains suggest better understanding the limits of what science can tell us, being comfortable with uncertainty, and knowing the worth of failure as valuable tools that would improve our lives. { read more }
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What are some open questions that excite you? For inspiration, a short passage by celebrated poet Rainer Maria Rilke on “Living our Questions:” { more } |
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Time Banking
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| What is a time bank? It is a network of people helping each other by sharing their time and talents. The network matches needs and talents. Every hour of service you receive, you pay forward. |
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A universal characteristic of genius is humility.
– David Hawkins –
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Why Is Humility So Underrated?
Generally we don’t equate genius with being humble. If anything, we expect the opposite, and are pleasantly surprised when we find a counterexample. But this presumption is actually relatively modern. Ancient Romans believed that a genius was actually an invisible, divine entity who would assist a person in a creative work. In effect, this view positions a person as an instrument of their work, as opposed to the supreme creator of it; built-in to this perspective was a way of fostering humility within the gift of extraordinary capability. Viral Mehta, long-time visionary of DailyGood, shares an insightful article on humility. { read more }
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Practice humility by listening deeply to a point of view you disagree with. |
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Great acts are made up of small deeds.
– Lao Tzu –
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Sometimes It Just Takes a Penny
In this real-life kindness story, a man inspires generosity in a homeless woman after being approached by her for money. Having just heard good news in a friend’s life, he offers to buy food for her and shares his inspiration with the homeless lady: “Something nice happened to my friend recently, after a lot of struggles. When you came in, I thought that I should keep that chain of goodness going and do something for someone else. My act is small compared to my friend’s joy, but still, the love continues. You know what I mean? We have to keep the chain of love going.” After he buys her some food, the homeless lady consciously picks out a coin from her change, and drops a penny in the tip-jar! “You kept the chain of love going,” he states. “Yes, I did,” she affirms. { read more }
Be The Change
Look for an everyday moment to turn into an opportunity to serve in a small way. |
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It’s not good enough for us to complain about what other people aren’t doing for us. It’s important that we all band together, think of an idea and pursue it.
– Derreck Kayongo –
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Soap That Saves Lives
Perhaps he noticed because his father was a soapmaker in Uganda. When Derreck Kayongo learned how much soap was thrown away by hoteliers in the US, and that 2 million children die each year due to a lack of santitation, he decided to do something about it. He started Global Soap Project. Volunteers across the U.S. collect the hotel soaps and ship them to the group’s warehouse in Atlanta. On Saturdays, Atlanta volunteers assemble there to clean, reprocess and package the bars. Then, they work with partner organizations to ship and distribute the soap directly to people who need it — for free. Thanks to this CNN Hero, more than 100,000 bars have been gifted to communities in nine countries. { read more }
Submitted by: Fran Korten
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Tell a local hotel about the Global Soap Project. { more } |
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
– H. E. Luccock –
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Measuring the Wisdom of a Crowd
The “intelligence” of a group can be measured, according to a new study, and it has little to do with the brain power of its individual members. What makes a team more intelligent has more to do with the group’s interactions. More equal participation and greater social awareness on the part of its members are the key factors in predicting a group’s intelligence. “It really calls into question our notion of what intelligence is,” said study lead author Anita Williams Woolley of Carnegie Mellon. “It’s been thought about as something that resides in one person.” Instead, three key social factors were correlated with group intelligence: how good the group was at distributing turn-taking, how socially sensitive the group members were, and how many women were on each team. { read more }
Be The Change
In your next meeting, explore appropriate ways of eliciting the group’s wisdom. |
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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
– Thornton Wilder –
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Why Gratitude Is Good
“Count your blessings,” we’re often told — but what good does that do us? Plenty, according to Robert Emmons, the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude. After a decade of research, Dr. Emmons has found that people who practice gratitude have stronger immune systems, feel happier and more optimistic, and are more generous and compassionate. In this thorough article from Greater Good magazine, Dr. Emmons explores why gratitude does us so much good, brings to light the obstacles to practicing gratitude, and offers steps to leading a more grateful life. { read more }
Submitted by: S. Fassberg
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Count your blessings. For inspiration, a short passage by Pierre Pradervand, from “The Gentle Art of Blessing:” { more } |
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Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
– Hazel Rochman –
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The Reading Promise: An Extraordinary Father-Daughter Story
When Alice Ozma was in the fourth grade, her family was going through a rough patch. Her parents had just split up, and her older sister had recently left for college. Ozma was suddenly spending a lot more time alone with her dad, Jim Brozina, an elementary school librarian. So Ozma and her father made a pledge: to read together every single night for 100 days. But after 100 days, they just kept going. Their streak ultimately lasted nine years. 3,218 consecutive days — spanning from Ozma’s fourth-grade year to her first day of college. Their commitment to reading and to each other are the subject of Ozma’s debut book, The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared. { read more }
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On this Fathers Day, share your gratitude with someone who has supported your life journey. |
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“At the end of a trip home to California with my son, I was in the airport and decided to send a couple of postcards thanking my family for their hospitality. After I wrote them I returned to inquire about stamps. The clerk said they didn’t sell them in her store or anywhere in the airport. A woman standing nearby with her baby in a stroller overheard the conversation and said, “I have stamps that I’d be glad to give you.” I offered to buy them from her but she insisted she didn’t want anything in return. I accepted her gift and thanked her. I then turned back to the clerk to ask if there was a mailbox anywhere in the airport. Again the answer was no. But she said, “I’d be happy to mail them for you on my way home.” I returned to my seat in the waiting area and related the story of back to back acts of kindness to my son. He had just volunteered to let someone charge her phone with his power cord – by coincidence it was the same woman who gave me the stamps!” — rludeman
