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Archive for January 2012
Kindness Daily: A Saturday Well Spent
January 31, 2012
Lessons from a 7-yr-old’s Heartwarming Letter
January 31, 2012Moral imagination is the capacity to empathize with others, i.e., not just to feel for oneself, but to feel with and for others. — Thomas McCollough
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Good News of the Day:
Sometimes the greatest lessons come unexpectedly, and from the smallest moments. 7-year-old Owen Shure’s heart-warming letter to a football player is a perfect example. The Twittersphere buzzed with reactions to the San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Williams fumbling the ball in a tight moment in the playoffs. Some responses were downright vitriolic. But hopefully Kyle also saw this touching story from Ben Mankiewicz: ‘He was crying, saying of Kyle Williams, with the distinct sobs of a seven-year-old between each word, “But… why… did he… have to… fumble?” […] Trying to get his son to stop crying, Michael asked him, “If you feel this way, how sad do you think Kyle Williams is?” Owen paused a second, then asked his dad, “Can I write him a letter to make him feel better?”‘ Nisha Srinivasan shares her reflections on Kyle’s letter.
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Be The Change:
The next time you’re upset with someone, flip the frame and let them know how you would feel in their shoes.
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Year of Dancing with Life – Week 17
January 31, 2012
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InnerNet Weekly: Seeing is an Act
January 31, 2012
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Kindness Daily: Morning Walk
January 30, 2012
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What a wonderful and unexpected message to read! Random acts of kindness come in so many different shapes and forms, I’m scheming of how to pay it forward this week!The Visionary Architecture of Paolo Soleri
January 30, 2012Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. — Louis Kahn
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Inspiration of the Day:
Architect Paolo Soleri is regarded as a visionary, much to his dismay. His thought and vision combines the ethical and the metaphysical in terms of how to structure and build our cities. He says, for example, “We have reached the point where we understand the appearance of self-awareness is one of the most incredible things that’s happened in the universe. So, slowly we are developing some kind of responsibility to do in the universe what it has allowed us to do.” To him, ultimately, this would be a form of service. In his words, “Service, number one, to ourselves. Number two to the biosphere. Number three to reality.” To survive, we must, as he says, “develop more knowledge, more tolerance, more wisdom, and become aware of what we call love or compassion.” It’s not the language of an ordinary architect.
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Be The Change:
As humans, we are constantly architecting: designing, building, creating. Today, make an effort to make that more conscious.
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The Visionary Architecture of Paolo Soleri
January 29, 2012Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. — Louis Kahn
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Inspiration of the Day:
Architect Paolo Soleri is regarded as a visionary, much to his dismay. His thought and vision combines the ethical and the metaphysical in terms of how to structure and build our cities. He says, for example, “We have reached the point where we understand the appearance of self-awareness is one of the most incredible things that’s happened in the universe. So, slowly we are developing some kind of responsibility to do in the universe what it has allowed us to do.” To him, ultimately, this would be a form of service. In his words, “Service, number one, to ourselves. Number two to the biosphere. Number three to reality.” To survive, we must, as he says, “develop more knowledge, more tolerance, more wisdom, and become aware of what we call love or compassion.” It’s not the language of an ordinary architect.
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Be The Change:
As humans, we are constantly architecting: designing, building, creating. Today, make an effort to make that more conscious.
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Kindness Daily: Be Open. Be Ready. Look for Opportunities to be Kind.
January 28, 2012
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Inside the store, I found a bouquet of beautiful flowers. Uncertain who to give them to, I got into the check-out line. I only had two items, but a man came behind me with one, so I let him go first.Man Builds Fairy Tale Home — For $4700
January 28, 2012Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one. — Eknath Easwaran
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Good News of the Day:
“Simon Dale is a family man in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his own home — one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. And it cost him only $4,700. Can you imagine a more charming entrance than this? ”
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Be The Change:
Have you ever wanted to live a different life? Take a small step in that direction today.
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Dalai Lama Quote from Snow Lion Publications
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Dalai Lama Quote of the WeekBodhisattvas give solely out of concern for others, without a self-cherishing attitude. That is the proper way of giving. Courageous Bodhisattvas risk even their lives to help others, and so, when we are in relatively better, more comfortable situations, we must certainly practice giving. Even if they are threatened, the courageous ones will not engage in improper actions. Instead, after examining the situation carefully, when they find that certain actions are correct and justified, on the basis of reason, they engage in them even at the risk of their lives. That is the way of the decent, civilized and courageous ones, who do not follow misleading paths.(p.20) –from Generous Wisdom: Commentaries by H.H. the Dalai Lama XIV on the Jatakamala, Garland of Birth Stories by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, translated by Tenzin Dorjee, edited by Dexter Roberts Generous Wisdom • Now at 2O% off! |
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