Month: April 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic – opportunity to transform the way we live
David Suzuki highlights fundamental learnings as a path forward. I appreciate his insights and wisdom at a time like this. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Can we relearn what humanity has known since our very beginnings — that we live in a complex web of relationships in which our very survival and well-being depend…
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Happiness in the Age of COVID-19
I am hopeful that human happiness will continue to be top of mind in the coming weeks, months and years, above the GDP or other economic indicators. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! The UN website about the 2020 World Happiness Report FAQ says that COVID-19 poses great risks to some of the key drivers…
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Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19
A new turn of phrase – “we are all in this together” needs to live on and help us create a new way of living in balance with nature. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! It’s hardly surprising that the survivors of such catastrophes often attributed their misfortunes to the anger of various gods over…
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Designing Happier, Less Stressful Lives After the Covid-19 Pandemic
It is my way of looking at the world – with a glass half full. Keeping with that idea, it is a perfect time to reflect and create a new future. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! A few years ago, I had a wake-up call that put my life on hold — my appendix…
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What to do, in times like these?
“With gentleness, overcome anger. With generosity, overcome meanness. With truth. overcome delusion.” —The Buddha, Verse 223, The Dhammapada I’ve spent the first 50 years of my life putting things in order. Getting through high school and post secondary education myself and helping my children do the same. Landing jobs and building my corporate career. Creating…
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Scott’s Story | charity: water
One person can make a difference. Everything great begins with one step. Being generous can be life saving. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! After a decade of indulging his darkest vices as a nightclub promoter, Scott declared spiritual, moral, and emotional bankruptcy. He spent two years on a hospital ship off the coast of…
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Five Limits Your Brain Puts on Generosity
Possibly learning about how our brains might sabotage natural tendencies towards generosity, might help us learn to do better. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! But there are limits to our generosity—and many people want to be more generous than they actually are. We can all recall times when we refused to give to a…
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9 Ways Generous People See the World Differently
Being generous is so much more than giving away your money. It is a strange time when we need to relearn how to be give, but I have hope we are getting there. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! “Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” ―Henry…
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Practice Generosity for a Loving and Compassionate Heart
Be bold in a world where life is often viewed as a zero sum game, if someone is winning then everyone else is not. We can all win together, just differently. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted…
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Kindness Resources
What a fantastic set of resources and ideas for keeping busy, building connection and learning. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! We need to distance ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we can’t help each other. During difficult times, we often see the most beautiful acts of kindness. If you’re home and looking for things to…