This week Awesome Stories brings you gratitude, compassion, and environmental stewardship. Compassion This is one of the most touching stories I’ve seen recently, especially as it highlights a very personal and powerful example of using communication consciously and compassionately as I promote so often on my blog. Sarah Silverman recently received a very harsh and…
This week Awesome Stories brings you better communication, updated nuclear, future tires, and teaching with heart. Better Communication If you’ve followed my blog for a while, then you know that better communication is one of my hot buttons. I believe better communication could dramatically improve human relationships for couples, parents, teachers, politicians, and the general…
This week Awesome Stories brings you reading to dogs, walking for love, focus tips, teaching kindness and feeding the hungry. Shelter Reading Buddies Shelter Buddies Reading Program is a new program where kids read to shy and fearful shelter dogs. Over time, the dogs come out of their shells and learn to trust humans. Similarly,…
The Age of Empathy Self-absorption … kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. When we focus on others, our world expands. Our problems drift to the periphery of the mind and seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection – or…
Humility to the Rescue We are becoming a culture of self, just look on your Facebook feed! Besides the inflated attention our media gives to actors and sports figures, look at how social media is dominated with the glorification of self. Everything is about being seen. I wonder what it says about people that spend…
This week Awesome Stories brings you the poetry of seas, feeding our dreams, creative schools, native bees and empathy. The Poetry of Seas This is a beautiful BBC video that touches my heart and reminds me that I have a passion for the ocean. Maybe it’s time to make a short bucket list of those…
This week Awesome Stories brings you stars of wonder, better education, safe havens, compassion and getting unstuck. Education to Change the World This post by Steve McCurry reminds us how education can change lives, and maybe even the world using a poignant series of photos and quotes. I have great respect for teachers and appreciate…
This week Awesome Stories brings you agents of joy, empathy, creative solutions, solar wonders, kindness and treasures from trash. Agents of Joy I love this project. 70 different organizations from around the world have teamed up to help spread joy and laughter. Many of us have experienced the wonderful shift in attitude from a good…
More awesome stories celebrating beauty, innovation, bikes and freedom. Beautifully Imperfect! Wow! What a beautiful and poignant perspective. May this beautiful video inspire you to see the beauty in your partner, children and relationships in general. Awesome! Empire State Building Inspires More Efficiency! The retrofit of the Empire State Building was so successful that it has inspired…
Wow, what creativity. Designers at Therefore Products have come up with a radically simple way to create light using gravity to run a LED light. They call it Gravity LIght.The intent is to affordably replace kerosene lanterns for many people in developing countries. Later this design could also be great for camping, emergency and other…
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