DailyGood: News That Inspires

Nipun Mehta: A Deeper Thanksgiving Nov 27-- On a recent episode of the podcast Gray Matter, renowned broadcaster, Michael Krasny, talks with ServiceSpace founder, Nipun Mehta. "As a small sampling of the conversation's many gems, we touched on the hierarchy of generosity, and the ability to 'throw a better party' when we replace transactions with relationships. Nipun advocated for our own personal experimentation with generosity, knowing that ...

Read Full DailyGood

This Land is Their Land Nov 26-- "Most of us who are not Wampanoag or American Indian will never fully grasp the raw emotions indigenous people associate with Thanksgiving.[...]If how we tell history is one of the ways we shape our present and future, we can do no better than to rethink the myth of the First Thanksgiving and its role in the Thanksgiving holiday." Dr. David ...

Read Full DailyGood

Uncommon Gratitude Nov 25-- "When I receive a gift I am acutely conscious of both the gift and the giver, and gratitude spreads through me. This gratitude coalesces into a wish to give something back. I long to please my giver, endow that generous benefactor with something that will offer comfort, nourishment, and delight equal to what Ive received. When my benefactor is a ...

Read Full DailyGood

Thanksgiving Blessings Nov 24-- From the team at Gratefulness.org comes this rich compilation of, "blessings, prayers, and invocations from diverse traditions, for meal times, gatherings, and Grateful Living." ...

Read Full DailyGood

Fostering Self-Organization Nov 23-- "When working in collaboration with others, where theres no single person in charge and the way forward is unclear, it can be hard to know when to lead and when to follow. In these situations, you may hope that people spontaneously self-organize to get things done, but the reality is that leadership always matters. Leadership is needed to facilitate conversations, ...

Read Full DailyGood

Ross Gay: Inciting Joy Nov 22-- "Now that weve defined joy, and concluded it is important, there are two guiding inquiries in this book. First, I mean to investigate what practices, habits, rituals, understandings you know, the stuff we do and think and believemake joy more available to us. What in our lives prepares the ground for joy. I mean to try to find out, in ...

Read Full DailyGood

Most ...

Agent of Illumination "Some years ago, I was stuck on a crosstown bus ... 9210 Reads

In Praise of Black Capped Chickadees "I'd like to offer some words in praise of chickadees. ... 5285 Reads

The Myth of Normal "The Myth of Normal--written with the help of Gabor Mates ... 4482 Reads

Everything Happens for A Reason & Other Lies I've Loved "In life's toughest moments, how do you go on living? ... 4116 Reads

I See You! I Am Here! "'I SEE YOU!'

'I AM HERE!'

"For centuries, ... 3650 Reads

Why You Should Write That Thank You Note "Students of mine in a political philosophy course at Indiana ... 3401 Reads

Agent of Illumination by Elizabeth Gilbert (9210 reads)	Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson (6754 reads)
Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn't Breaking by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer (5432 reads)	The Paradoxes of Healing by Lissa Rankin (5325 reads)
In Praise of Black Capped Chickadees by Bill Sherwonit (5285 reads)	Four Ways to Cool Down Your Defensiveness by Daryl R. Van Tongeren (5073 reads)
Mary Reynolds: The Garden Awakening by Mary Reynolds (4971 reads)	Living Dying Man by Barbara McAfee, Maren Showkeir (4688 reads)
The Myth of Normal by Travis Lupick (4482 reads)	Mary Ruefle's Stunning Color Spectrum of Sadnesses by Mary Ruefle (4447 reads)
Everything Happens for A Reason & Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler (4116 reads)	The Way Knows the Way by Lyndsey Scott (3783 reads)

Popular Syndicated Stories