Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent Van Gogh

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Good News of the Day:
A few homeless people in London are now working as tour guides, offering others a view of the city from their perspective. Organized by a grassroots group called Sock Mob, the tours have both practical appeal as well as existential, “challenging your view of what it means to be a person living in London.” “The best thing is the human touch,” said one tour recipient. “Within seconds, you forget the guide is homeless. You’ll chat, laugh, talk about books, dreams, colours. So comforting after years of cold guides who know their speech by heart, have synchronised their jokes. Here it is all about talking, exchanging thoughts.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4413

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Be The Change:
Learn more about the grassroots group behind the tours, and then ask yourself: what good is waiting to arise through the power of small, grassroots efforts? http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4413a

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The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old. — Rosalyn S. Yalow

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Good News of the Day:
“If you ask any solar engineer in the world, ‘Can anyone make, install and maintain solar power in a village?’ they say it’s technically impossible. And if I say a grandmother is making it who is illiterate, he can’t believe it, it’s beyond his comprehension,” says Sanjit “Bunker” Roy. A social entrepreneur and founder of the Barefoot College, Roy has been championing a bottom-up approach to education and empowering rural poor since 1972. Turning grandmothers into solar engineers is one of his favorite pastimes. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4440

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Be The Change:
Have you been underestimating an elder? Ask them to share with you what they know, and learn something new.

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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. — Rita Mae Brown

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Tip of the Day:
John Cleese, a humorous and wise personality, discusses how to unleash the creativity that every individual possesses. Among his witty and insightful points include shifting activities when we get stuck, staying clear of distractions, and carving out space and time away from the daily to-do list to just explore. Ultimately, he notes, tapping into our unconscious mind may be the key to unraveling its true power and magic. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4473

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Be The Change:
Carve out 20 minutes from your busy day to just explore. Leave all agendas, goals, or to-do lists behind. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4473a

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Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. — Jamie Paolinetti

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Good News of the Day:
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has uncovered six new planets huddled around a sunlike star–odd worlds that astronomers have dubbed mini-Neptunes. Five of the new planets are closer to their parent star than Mercury is to the sun. The sixth world lies farther out, within a region that would fit inside the orbit of Venus. “This is the most closely packed known planetary system,” said study co-author Jonathan Fortney, an astronomer with the University of California, Santa Cruz. These groundbreaking findings hold enormous potential for understanding the greater patterns of our own infinite existence. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4442

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Be The Change:
Imagine the unlimited possibilities that nature creates and discover new things about yourself that you never knew existed.

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I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. — Seamus Heaney

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Inspiration of the Day:
Whenever Linda goes out with her 7-year-old granddaughter, they play a contest: “Who Can Make the Most People Smile?” Over time, Linda subconsciously started tuning into the kindness around her. One day, while she was in line at the drug store, a young woman with a sick, crying baby was asked to come back in 2 hours; a tear trickled down her cheek, when suddenly, an older fellow sitting on the side came over and said that he had to wait for his prescription, so if she wanted, he would be happy to deliver her prescription to her… What started out as just a fun way to pass the time took off into a surprising chain of compassion! http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4482

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Be The Change:
Make it a game to spread or scout out kindness in your surroundings today.

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When you don’t know what to do, get still. The answer will come. — Oprah Winfrey

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Fact of the Day:
A pause in a busy day, meditation can be like the eye of a storm. For centuries, there’s been no logic to it. Yet more and more, researchers are beginning to map its effects on the brain. In a recent study, a team led by Harvard-affiliated researchers become the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain’s gray matter. Their conclusion? Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. Research fellow Britta Holzel remarks, “It is fascinating to see the brain’s plasticity and that, by practicing meditation, we can play an active role in changing the brain and can increase our well-being and quality of life.” http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4477

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Be The Change:
Spend time in stillness today.

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