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Jul 24, 2008 |
Carrying a Neighbors Boxes: This morning as I was coming to work, (on time for once!!!!) I saw the lady that works next door to us in the plaza where my office is located. She was carrying in box after box after box from her car.
As she went inside with yet another one, I started walki |
HelpOthers.org: Anonymous Acts of Kindness
(SmileCards!) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Give naturally.: People frequently stumble upon my site when they search the phrase "Heifer scam". Let me be clear, Heifer is not a scam |
So what can I do?
(Karama) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
In Windy West Texas, An Economic Boom:
Growing up in West Texas, Larry Martin became well accustomed to the challenges of living off the land. Raised on a c |
WorldChanging
(Stephen) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Vancouver International Fireworks Competition:
Each summer, Vancouver hosts what they call the Celebration of Light, International Fireworks Competition, in which teams from three countries (this year: |
memestream
(MarkJ) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
House Bill to Provide Gas-Price-Relief Without Drilling: Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Transportation and Housing Options
Read more... (http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/general/sustainable-transportation-bill.html) |
Good News Network ()
(GoodNews) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Service - Where You're The Star:
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We Like It Raw
(Dhrumil) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Optimistic Take on Economics and Climate Change: “We’ve just seen the first big win in the fight to stabilise the world’s climate”
Green Futures has an interview with Lester Brown and Brown has a neat take on the current st |
Things Are Good: good news
(GoodThings) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Lessons from NY Cookie Monsters: After our gift-economy cookie stand last weekend, I was thinking that we’ve gotten pretty adept at this whole mass giveaway thing. There have been a couple of indications:
1. We secure the hard-earned respect of the hard-core loonies.
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CharityFocus.org: Incubator of Compassionate Action
(CharityFocus) |
Jul 24, 2008 |
Public Meditation Project: What would it be like to meditate in a public place--at a busy intersection or amidst teems of shoppers at a mall? A few years ago, Alex Cequea asked himself this very question, and acted on it by creating The Public Meditation Project. Convinced that world change starts from within, this young acti |
Signs of Light
(SignOfLight) |
Jul 23, 2008 |
The Politics of Conversation: Four years ago I read |
How to Save the World
(Dave) |
Jul 23, 2008 |
How honest can you get.........: Lately I have been thinking, how instantly we tell "yes" to people around us.May be at work,with family and friends,it becomes easy to mumble a "yes..I will surely do it"But most of the time I wonder whether we have the capacity to do all that we promise.If you tell "no",then the person will b |
hturt
(Preethi) |
Jul 23, 2008 |
High Recognition Investing: Q: You are the author of a famous study on how people use instinct in investing. Why this topic?A: Because intuition often underlies stock picking. Ordinary investors will frequently pick a company they’ve heard of before. We call this t |
Fat Knowledge
(PhatBoy) |
Jul 23, 2008 |
Friendly Favor: Expect the Unexpected!: Last week, I spoke to a semi-big group of Art of Living youngsters interested in meditation and service. It was a dynamite session, coupled with a private audience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar himself. Everything lived up to |
CharityFocus.org: Incubator of Compassionate Action
(CharityFocus) |
Jul 22, 2008 |
Coming back here: Life- both creating it and experiencing it;
Health- mine and of family
Emotions- plenty of them, that run the entire spectrum from elation, gratitude, humility to despair and grief;
Growth- when I let go of what I wanted, accepted that which causes me pain and welcome |
26 Letters and A Talkative Hand
(Anita) |
Jul 22, 2008 |
Walk a mile in her shoes: In the past, I've wondered where all of the "enlightened" people have gone. We all reference Christ and the Buddha, but that was sooooo long ago. Many make reference to more recent luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, or Mother Theresa. But for those that are household |
Just Un-Do It
(Steve) |
