practices, supply chain practices, etc. We measure them and we verify it. They're in over 80, I think it's now close to 90 countries, 160 industries, all with this one uniting vision, which is to redefine success, in business and in our culture.There’s  another element of this I’d like to share,  demonstrated by the founders of the European B Corp community. See the confetti flying down  over what was likely 150 people celebrating — there's just so much joy. They are just in the most joyful state  celebrating what they're doing, both individually, with their individual businesses, and together. They realize they can't transform the economic syst... posted on Apr 16 2024 (2,155 reads)

in the pursuit of larger aims may foster personal growth. In addition to encouraging resilience and social connections, practicing patience builds self-regulation, self-discipline, and deferred-gratification skills. Developing these strengths of character is likely to benefit individuals in many life domains, including in future periods of self-exploration and subsequent purpose cultivation efforts. Finally, patient individuals may be more likely than impatient individuals to enjoy the search. Patience enables us to savor the process of figuring out what matters most and how we want to meaningfully contribute to the broader world. It allows us time to celebrate the small suc... posted on May 1 2024 (4,376 reads)

literature and folklore, the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement began in 1958. An energetic young teacher at Nalanda College — a school for well-to-do students in Colombo, Sri Lanka — took his students to a village of the poorest of the poor to experience life on the other side of the economic and class divide. The goal was for each individual who participated to come awake in his or her own way, to perceive the suffering of their host families, know the power of service, and the joy of working for the common good. Biographers and scholars, however, can trace the roots of this movement to practices and ideas introduced long before 1958. In fact, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the teach... posted on Jun 21 2024 (1,900 reads)

I said, grinning back.  Each day for that entire spring, we walked a wide circle around the porch to the car. Dan took to clucking at the robin and saying, like a mantra, over and over, “You’re safe. You’re safe.” He named her Gertie. When Gertie was in situ, she scrunched down and peered at us as we rounded the porch, her tail a dark smudge of smoke against a forest of peeling cedar clapboards.   The way Gertie followed us with her eyes gave us all joy. She looked grumpy but also somewhat accepting of, or perhaps just amused by, our humanity.  I like to tell my kids that these wild mothers were teaching our family that lives sometimes get ... posted on May 27 2024 (6,043 reads)

a thousand miles with these horses, and believe me when I tell you nothing slows you down to the rhythm of the Earth, nor to the rhythm of the soul, quite like living and moving slowly with horses as your companions. These journeys are not trail rides ending with a gallop off into the sunset; they are a long, slow, quiet unraveling of ego and self as the needs and the intuitive intelligence of the horses, the Earth, and the soul rise to guide the way. Reverence has the quality of awe and joy, in that it sneaks up on you and takes hold of your being from a mysterious realm within, the source of which you have no personal control over. Dare I say it cannot be cultivated, only tended to ... posted on Jun 28 2024 (2,247 reads)

local labor that we feed. in exchange for the work.” “The concept here is not charity,” Jeff said. “It’s just helping them help themselves. This is just regular Joes trying to help other regular Joes in another country is what it is. Education is really the tool for getting peace in the world in my mind.” “If you have an ability to help someone, it’s wrong of you not to do it,” he said. “And what is discovered through that is a joy to give. It went from me just trying to help one African out to us trying to help a whole West African country. It just took a hold and kept on going.” Mrs. Letela Inspires School Gardens ... posted on Jul 7 2024 (2,390 reads)

time I get discouraged or frustrated, and those times exist a lot, I have to plug back into my resolve. I ask myself, “What am I here to do and how do I get there?” The answer is, “I have to wake up.” People are suffering a lot. Climate change is going to really hurt us and we’re just at the very beginning. When you touch that, you ask, “How can I make it hurt less?” Bela:  But how do you actively do that, make it hurt less? HS:  What I enjoy most right now is storytelling and that’s where music and puppets come in. There is a very sad story happening right now with the breakdown of the planet and the suffering of species. I t... posted on Jul 5 2024 (2,310 reads)