Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

In every moment, we can find and live our purpose. — Tiffany Mackey

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Good News of the Day:
“When I tell people that I teach a class in law and meditation at UC Berkeley’s law school, I often hear snorts of disbelief,” Charles Halpern laughs. But the class is no joke. It’s part of a groundbreaking movement that has quietly been taking hold in the legal profession over the past two decades: a movement to bring mindfulness into the practice of law and legal education. To a career that tops all American professions in instances of depression, substance abuse, and suicide, Halpern explains in this Greater Good essay why mindfulness is such a necessary and effective tool. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4549

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Be The Change:
In moments of stress, do a simple task with mindful care.

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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins

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Good News of the Day:
They can be seen all over Japan. Springing up in shelters and cities. Molded in the hands of dedicated volunteers. Nourishing tired faces, the recipients both young and old biting into them with smiles on their face. One of the quiet heroes to emerge in this time of grave crisis in Japan is the humble little white ball of rice called onigiri or omusubi. Portable, substantial, and lasting surprising well without spoiling, these humble rice balls are like little spheres of sun, nourishing comfort and goodwill across Japan. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4545

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Be The Change:
Nourish your compassion. Offer a meal, story, or smile to someone who could use a pick-me-up.

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Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, …he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. — Robert F. Kennedy

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Good News of the Day:
A baby’s small hands and dainty fingers have turned blue. Her body is shaking and she lets out a barely audible cry. Moved by stories like this, Jane Chen and her MBA classmates designed an innovative, low-cost baby wrap to prevent infant deaths caused by hypothermia, a common occurrence in developing countries. With the potential to reach millions of infants across the globe, Chen describes, “When we took the device and showed it to one mother, Sajatha, she started crying and said, ‘Maybe if I had this, I could have a baby,’ Hearing something like that, that we have the power to help people save lives, is incredible.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4533

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Be The Change:
Learn more about the wrap:
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4533a

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A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. — Tenneva Jordan

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Good News of the Day:
While sitting on the bus one day, I took a book out and was about to read. But I was distracted by a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cell phone. She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn’t where he was supposed to be, why he had lied to their mother again and did he know that their mum had broken down in tears that morning because of him. I never looked around. I just stared at the book in my hand – and the ten pound note I’d been using as a bookmark. When she left the bus, I got off behind her. “Excuse me,” I said. “Do me a favour, would you? Take this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers. And tell her a strange man said that being a mother is the hardest but most important job in the world.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4508

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Be The Change:
Express gratitude to your mother or a mother-like figure today.

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Accept everything about yourself–I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end–no apologies, no regrets. — Clark Moustakas

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Good News of the Day:
Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research that looks at how kindly people view themselves. New research suggests that giving ourselves a break and accepting our imperfections may be the first step towards better health. Those who score high on tests of self-compassion have less depression and anxiety, and tend to be happier and more optimistic. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4488

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Be The Change:
Accept yourself totally and completely in this moment and observe the expansiveness within.

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