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Posted by geri
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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
 This is an inspiring letter I received from Michael in Canada. He calls it his small-world story. It should remind you that striking up conversation with people whom you don't know is usually quite worthwhile, even though it takes some courage.
A recent study shows how being extroverted can make you happy. Talking to strangers requires us to be extroverted, but it pays handsomely, as the following tale reveals. Notice how Michael is aware that passing time talking with others enriches his happiness:
I was waiting in our local Emergency Room to see about my sprained wrist. I struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman to pass the time a bit more enjoyably. He told how he was once helping out his local church rummage sale when a client asked to buy a large piece of furniture. While waiting for the delivery truck to return, he started talking to the man. |
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Read more... [Small World Stories]
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
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Dec. 5, 2005 — We need to be reminded again and again that mainstream Muslims are not like their fanatical brothers in terror. In Britain, families traveled to London to be counted as the peaceful majority of Islam, able to stand against terrorism yet speak out in the face of unfairness. Let's collect here on the Religions page of the GN Network as many stories as we can about Muslims as equals. Equality and Oneness shine as values in all the world's religions. |
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
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A Dutch study of elderly men found that those who were identified as "optimistic" had a lower risk for cardiovascular death.
The researchers found optimism to be associated with an approximately 50 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death in the men in 15 years of the study. Higher optimism scores were associated with younger age, higher education, less often living alone, better health, and increased physical activity.
(link submitted by Contributing Editor, Tif Short)
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 26 February 2006 |
The Smithsonian published a feature article in 2005 called Back From the Brink that asserted: "Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough laws, dedicated researchers, and plenty of money and effort, success stories abound."
 The Hawaiian green sea turtle is one such success featured in the magazine, along with the bald eagle, palila songbird, and southern sea otter, the whooping crane, red-cockaded woodpecker, and California chinook salmon, the Chiricahua leopard frog, grizzly bear and the karner blue butterfly.
"The vexing question of what to do with endangered species on private land is answered by the inspiring cooperative agreements forged on these animals' behalf."
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Read more... [Blue Butterfly Back From the Brink]
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 26 February 2006 |
Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking. - Dean William R. Inge |
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