Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. — Alan Watts

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Inspiration of the Day:
During a two-week period of “self-chosen exile”, Vinod Sreedhar made a radical commitment to himself: no more price tags on his work. Everything would be offered as a gift, and he would accept whatever came back his way. After the initial “noble high” of this major life decision subsided, questions rushed in. How will I make a living now? Am I setting myself up to be taken advantage of? After nearly three years of living a full-on “gift-economy” life, Vinod looks back and reflects on what motivated the decision, how he dealt with various offerings of gratitude for his work — from little or nothing to very generous — and one key element essential for this to work: unconditional trust. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4411

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Be The Change:
Choose one situation in your life and practice unconditional trust, knowing that whatever the outcome, it will be okay.

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I don’t believe that children are born with empathy. It is something they learn by seeing it modeled by others. — Jacqui Rivait

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Fact of the Day:
Human behaviors are often explained as hard-wired evolutionary leftovers of life on the savannah or during the Stone Age. But a study of one very modern behavior, fairness toward total strangers one will never meet again, suggests it evolved recently, and is rooted in culture rather than biology. In a series of behavioral tests given to 2,100 people in societies around the world (from hunter-gatherers to wage laborers), an innate sense of fairness dovetailed with participation in markets and major religions. “You can’t get the effects we’re seeing from genes,” notes evolutionary psychologist Joe Henrich. “These are things you learn as a consequence of growing up in a particular place.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4361

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Be The Change:
Reflect on how you are promoting fairness in your own life and culture.

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A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy. — John Sawhill

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Inspiration of the Day:
Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating intricate floor mosaics with wood scraps, kitchen counters from ivory-colored bones and roofs out of license plates. The fantastical houses which spring from his imagination cost as little as $10,000 and are made almost entirely with materials which would otherwise have ended up in a garbage dump. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4427

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Be The Change:
Learn more about “upcycling”.
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Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food. — Anna Fellows Johnston

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Good News of the Day:
About two years ago, LuAnn Kessi started a group called Living Well with Cancer and Healing Through Quilting. The Harlan resident has three aunts who are cancer survivors, and all had been making things to sell to raise money for cancer research. But she felt moved to do more. “You knew that you were doing something good, but we just wanted to help in a more personal way,” she said. So she decided to start a quilting class for those who have cancer. It quickly took off, already making over 100 quilts. But exhibitions aren’t what it’s all about. “Most of the time, we’re just in love with whatever we’re teaching,” explains one instructor. That spills over to the students, and then the curious customers in the front store who hear the laugher. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4425

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Be The Change:
Remember to laugh today.

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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. — Lucy Larcom

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Inspiration of the Day:
In an under-construction school building in India’s Bihar village, children are learning algebra, chemistry, Newton’s laws of motion. There’s no teacher in the classroom, no blackboard. The teacher is hundreds of miles away, and he is teaching via Skype. In this very unsual school, teachers mark their attendance using a biometric fingerprinter, and students log their attendance in a computer. The school is even more unusual because Chamanpura has no electricity yet! http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4420

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Be The Change:
What is something you’d like to see changed? Brainstorm 5 ways you can use your powers for good. 🙂

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