Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish. — Mother Teresa

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Fact of the Day:
We’re born to do it. A smile is one of the most basic, biologically uniform expressions of all humans. Paul Ekman, the world’s leading expert on facial expressions, discovered that smiles are cross-cultural and have the same meaning in different societies. 3-D ultrasound technology shows that developing babies appear to smile even in the womb. The mood-boosting power of a smile is unfathomable. Studies show that one smile can can provide the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 chocolate bars. Yet, unlike lots of chocolate, lots of smiling can actually make you healthier. 🙂 http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4507

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Be The Change:
Smile. It can change the world.

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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. — Daniel Webster

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Good News of the Day:
“I’m 57,” Michael says. “Started at 26. And we’re just barreling along! If I have to work 7 days a week, I’ll do it.” Back when Michael and Bob started 30 years ago, there wasn’t much about urban agriculture around. Soon, City Farmer had hundreds of pages of original urban agriculture research online, before anyone else did. Today, City Farmer is now Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture, and their website may hold more information about this subject than any other source in the world. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4483

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Be The Change:
Take a fresh look at your front and backyards. Instead of mowing the lawn, imagine it as your own organic food garden.

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Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards by which we hold ourselves and others. — Krista Tippett

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Inspiration of the Day:
The term “compassion” — typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy — has fallen out of touch with reality. Journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion as she traces the word through secular and spiritual icons like Mother Theresa, Gandhi, and Einstein, as well as everyday heroes like Matthew, a paraplegic yoga teacher. Through her stories, Tippett proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word in modern day: compassion as the latest technology. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4499

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Be The Change:
What would the world look like if we used compassion as often as a computer? Practice the technology of compassion today.

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Goods are called good because they can be used for good. — Clement of Alexandria

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Good News of the Day:
“It’s your trash, but it turns into value, it turns into lives saved really quickly.” Josh Nesbit says excitedly. Four years ago, Nesbit noticed that health workers in Malawi often lost important information during their strenuous trips to patients in isolated villages. Instead of walking for hours on end, doctors and patients could instantly text each other if they just had the right technology, he thought. With the help of the 500,000 cell phones found in trash cans each day, Nesbit set up a network that allowed health workers to turn paper records into text messages, saving time, resources, and lives. His small project has spread across 11 countries and helped 3.5 million patients. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4503

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Be The Change:
Recycle your old cell phone with a rural medical clinic.
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The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep. — E. Joseph Cossman

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Fact of the Day:
You may have heard it before. While we sleep, our brains replay and store the days events into our long-term memories. But it can’t keep everything. Of the deluge of information that pass through us each day, how do our minds “decide” what to keep and what to dump? Why can we replay the disagreement with a spouse or the promising job interview, but forget what we ate for breakfast or where we put that old sweater? A recent study says that the brain evaluates information based on future expectations. When we sleep, our subconscious sorts through our priorities and remember key points that will be useful in the future. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4494

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Be The Change:
Make an effort to get a good night’s rest this week.

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The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. — Muriel Rukeyser

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Good News of the Day:
Walk through Philadelphia and you’ll see public art poised throughout the city. “Museum Without Walls: AUDIO” brings these sculptures to life with audio stories, told by people from all walks of life and somehow connected to the sculpture by knowledge, experience or affiliation. Nearly 100 “voices” at 35 stops explore 51 sculptures. These stories can be discovered while touring the city or sitting on your living room couch. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4446

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Be The Change:
Visit Philadelphia to explore these stories. Or share, with friends or unknown strangers, a story of a work of art around you.

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