Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world. — Paul Farmer

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Good News of the Day:
“On any given Saturday, you’ll find volunteer rescuer Tracie Mitchum sitting outside in front of the Whole Foods Market with an array of cats and dogs she’s rescued. She brings the pets to the parking lot hoping to find applicants to adopt them and to raise funds to provide veterinary care. “I feel welcome at Whole Foods and it’s refreshing,” Tracie says during our recent chat on the campus of the College of Charleston where she works as an adminstrative professional. “I need to be there on weekends because if I can squeeze out another $50, I can save another life.” And saving lives she does. Last year, Tracie spent nearly $15,000 caring for rescued animals. Her boyfriend helped with part of those costs and the rest has gone onto credit cards which she’s trying to make a dent in each month.” More on Tracie’s touching dedication to animals.
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Be The Change:
In this short passage, “Liking is for Cowards, Go for What Hurts,” author Jonathan Franzen talks about how his love for birds triggered more than what he expected.
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When a child enters your life it’s time to learn [not time to teach]. — Jaggi Vasudev

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Good News of the Day:
17-year-old Angela Zhang’s after school project may change the world. Zhang has been making headlines recently after taking home a check of $100,000 from the national Siemens science contest, and now it has been suggested that her research could lead to a potential cure for cancer. “I created a nanoparticle that’s kind of like the Swiss Army knife of cancer treatment in that it can detect cancer cells, eradicate the cancer cells and then monitor the treatment response. So the major aim of the project was to personalize cancer medicine,” Zhang told ABC News. The teen began reading doctorate level work on bio-engineering when she was a freshman.
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Be The Change:
Face the next “problem” in your day with child-like openness and enthusiasm.

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We have guided missiles and misguided men. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Good News of the Day:
“We have not yet learned to make use of our most civilizing capacities: the creativity and wisdom we all have as our birthright. When even one person comes into full possession of these capacities, our problems are shown in their true light: they are simply the results of avoidable — though deadly — errors of judgment. Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of the modern world’s seemingly perpetual state of crisis, which he called ‘the seven social sins.’ I prefer to think of them as seven social ailments, since the problems they address are not crimes calling for punishment but crippling diseases that are punishment enough in themselves. The first — and the one we will focus on here — is knowledge without character. It traces all our difficulties to a simple lack of connection between what we know is good for us and our ability to act on that knowledge.” The late Gandhian scholar Eknath Easwaran shares further.
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Be The Change:
“I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. […] I still believe that we shall overcome.” An inspiring passage from MLK’s Nobel acceptance speech.
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There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle. — Albert Einstein

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Good News of the Day:
What do Elizabeth Taylor, Roald Dahl, Marilyn Monroe, Neil Armstrong and Barack Obama have in common, besides being famous? Each of them wrote touching letters of gratitude, printed here in their original writing. For example, once upon a time (1989), a little girl named Amy sent a bottle of colored water, oil and glitter to Roald Dahl, who knew right away that this was a dream in a bottle inspired by his book, The BFG. In response, the author penned this short note to his 7-year-old fan: “I must write a special letter and thank you for the dream in the bottle. You are the first person in the world who has sent me one of these and it intrigued me very much. I also liked the dream…”
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Be The Change:
Surprise someone with a thank you note of your own today.

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Often, when we feel empty it is because we don’t give enough. Not because we don’t have enough. — DailyGood Editors

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Good News of the Day:
Talented filmmakers David and Hi-Jin Hodge wanted to inspire generosity on Valentine’s Day. So they asked a diverse group of 25 friends, young and old: what does generosity mean to you? And what lessons have you learned from practicing acts of everyday kindness? In this powerful 5-minute video, these everyday heroes share beautiful responses that inspire all of us to go out and be generous, not just on Valentine’s Day but any day.
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Be The Change:
If you enjoyed the video, send a note of thanks to the filmmakers who gifted their time, energy, and vision.
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