Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

Labels are for cans, not people. — Anthony Rapp

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Inspiration of the Day:
Aside from a thin coat of powder, there’s nothing superficial about 32-year-old Sarah “Bogi” Lateiner. Big-hearted and brilliant, Bogi graduated Phi Beta Kappa and did it in three years with a double major in pre-law and women’s studies. Her plan was to go to law school and become a champion for women on a global scale. Although in the end, she decided to go with her plan B, instead. “I had in my mind that this was a different way to save the world,” she said. In other words, fix the world — by fixing cars. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4636

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Be The Change:
Watch yourself for any tendency to “label” people, and if it does come up, practice stepping outside of it.

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I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. — Maya Angelou

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Good News of the Day:
Last Friday, Martha Rivera was teaching her kindergarten class in Mexico when a drug shoot-out began outside her school. She immediately asked her 15 kids to place their faces on the floor and repeatedly told them that everything was going to be fine. While gunshots rang out, Rivera led her students in a Spanish-language version of a song from the TV show “Barney and Friends.” They sang about chocolate raindrops, until the shootout finally ended. Rivera recorded part of the encounter with her cellphone and the story has now spread to millions around the globe. Her one minute video follows. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4630

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Be The Change:
Support peace. Learn more about Voices for Creative Nonviolence. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4630a

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Life has beauty and a joy that transcends all the darkness that surrounds us, that something ineffable lives beyond the ordinary affairs of the day, and that without this mystery our lives would not be worth living. — Kent Nerbern

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Inspiration of the Day:
“Suddenly, we heard the sirens of a fire truck and an ambulance parking in front of our house. We are new in this neighborhood, moving in only 3 months ago; opening the door I noticed that some paramedics were running up the stairs of our front neighbor’s house. On the side walk, a woman in her thirties was in deep commotion crying on the phone. A scared, desperate 13 year old was half way up the stairs. She looked at me in the eye with a horrifying expression of disbelief. Although she was silent, her soul was screaming. “Everything is going to be alright,” I replied in silence. Something beyond the comprehension of our rational minds was occurring.” Read the full, real-life story of a beautiful, grounded response by everyday heroes to a dramatically tense situation. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4637

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Be The Change:
The next time you are faced with someone’s suffering, see if you can serve them “a cup of compassion.”

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Take moments to enjoy the beauty around you. And always stop and lend a helping hand. It’s more important to arrive in good spirits than to arrive on time. — Guri Mehta

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Good News of the Day:
Last year, a CharityFocus co-founder embarked alone on the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage of 900 kilometers traversed on foot. A little over a month later, she finished the journey at Finisterre (Land’s End) on the western coast of Spain, where she composed a powerful letter to herself, brimming with quiet, timeless insight. “There’s so much that I’ve learned from walking the thirty-seven days. I’ve learned that if you take the first step, and keep going no matter how slowly you go, limping or crawling, rain or shine, sick or healthy, happy or sad — you will get there. The distance might seem long and wide at first, but step-by-step, day-by-day, you slowly bridge the gap between the beginning and end.” The letter in its entirety: http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4633

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Be The Change:
What are your own reflections from a recent journey, whether a project, event, job, or relationship? Share them with readers here. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4633a

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Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one’s chosen form. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

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Good News of the Day:
Were ancient Greece and Rome filled with dignified white marble statuary? Not a chance. Though we still think of them in terms of white marble sparkling under a hot Mediterranean sun, a new exhibition shows at least one Greco-Roman lady as they really were — in technicolor. Under Stanford sophomore Ivy Nguyen’s skillful watch in the Cantor Arts Center lab, long-dead colors on marble have indeed come alive after two millennia. A team there discovered minute traces of pigments that originally covered the original sculpture but were washed away by the millennia. The team used 3D rapid prototypic technology to create replicas of the artwork, which is painted to look as the sculpture did in ancient times. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4564

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Be The Change:
“There is a major distinction between entertainment and art. Both operate in the domain of aesthetics — but the difference is the depth with which we experience and explore.” This passage reflects further. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4564a

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