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Karen Armstrong’s wish comes true…
A TED Prize wish fulfilled:Charter for Compassion launches Today, we celebrate the unveiling of the Charter for Compassion, a document created to unite people of different religions and moral codes by acknowledging our shared principles of love, understanding and compassion. The Charter grew out of Karen Armstrong’s 2008 TED Prize wish. Since that time, over [...]
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Happy?
Great illustration… Only that the usual fake masks of happiness people wear cost a LOT more than 4 euros. People realize at last that they are covering up their unhappiness with expensive substitutes; you know, the always updated cars and phones and ski gear, vacations of running away or exploring, new fashion in fashion, movies, [...]
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Whats Next?
Ted.com – Question Of the Day. Hard Times but still Good times are coming… Thats just my positive outlook on life, but “Whats Next?” IS a big question… Huge… The answer should be easy, like tomorrow, or even, closing up shop and going home to rest, sleep, watch a movie. But somehow i don think [...]
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Special Report: The Best News for Planet Earth in Decades
I´ve sometimes said that helping organizations was futile, because so much of the resources never reach their destinations and get sucked into the black hole pockets of the bureaucratic behemoth. It seems that i was wrong… we did somehow help change things even if a tenth of our energy and resources in the form of [...]
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Encourage Gratitude in Your Young
posted by Geri. “An important but seldom-taught lesson is the value of gratitude. In a culture like ours, where the norm is always to want more, it’s important to encourage children — especially teens — to think about being thankful and to feel fortunate for what they already have. When they do, they often get [...]
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Shame I missed it… almost!!!
nothing very important… unless you are nuts… I found it kind of nostalgic… i dont know why… So i intend to catch the 7th of august happening… 12:34:56 07.08.09 its just a silly thing : ) View more news videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video.
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How are you nurturing yourself?
Only partially Im afraid. I am concentrating too much on my thoughts, learning and inner space all the while knowing that a healthy mind exists in a healthy body. We ought to learn a lot more about nutrition and listen to what our bodies are telling us it needs… Fruit, vegetables, motion… and we ought [...]
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What would life look like without creativity?
If we take “creativity” as human creativity, then life would look like it would if we erased all sign of humans on Earth. We would not have evolved if our brains did not developed that curious gene, the wondering gene which makes us creative. We are constantly wondering and searching for answers. And our tool [...]
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