Photographer Jackie Mathey had the idea to try to capture the soul of a foster child in a unique photo session that could express their distinct personality. She then displayed the photos at a public exhibition hoping to inspire the audience toward adoption.
Download a copy of our 8-page newsletter published in the weeks following 9/11. Called Some Good News -- and no longer in print -- it is a great reminder of some of the positive feelings that followed the crisis.
The new ‘just-a-minute’ campaign to create personal peace in a global climate of chaos and change is being launched this Sunday, introducing regular one-minute periods of silence into people’s lives, whether stressed out executives, social activists or busy moms,
A video is sweeping the web documenting a Free Hugs campaign staged on a busy pedestrian square.
Inspiration Point: Stop Thinking You're Too Old
Unity Minister Eric Butterworth inspired thousands with his belief that positive attitudes create personal renewal. A theologian, lecturer, and author of 16 books, his pulpit was New York's Lincoln Center. He passed on in 2003, at 86, but his energy still revitalizes. "I love the story Charles Edison, former Gov. of New Jersey, tells of […]
Do you want to hear something good about yourself? From Netropolis Design in Australia comes the Automatic Flatterer. Just tell the web page your name and you get to read all sorts of good things about yourself.
Larry Rich sheds some positive light on relations in the Middle East that are hidden from the world's media. Israeli technology, medical expertise, and human kindness are available and offered to Palestinians in need.
Harry Tucker says when we listen to our inner instincts to help others in need, the result is always a benefit to us, but can also be miraculous for another
Readers digest conducted a survey in big cities to see if courtesy was dead. Are people really more rude than they were 20 years ago? The verdict was unexpected but delightful.
Good neighbors fixed fence that had been knocked down in hit and run, because they appreciate the neighbor's generosity at other times.
Web site shares stories of kindness and generosity. Two of our favorites are featured here.
Robert deVincenzo, the great Argentine golfer, once won a tournament with a large sum of money as the purse. A woman asked him for money, saying her child was seriously ill, near death, and she could not pay the doctor's bill.
Magdalene is a two-year sanctuary for women with a criminal history of prostitution and drug abuse. It provides safety, discipline, and unconditional love.
When U.S. airspace was closed on 9-11, Delta flight 15 and 52 other airplanes from all over the world were diverted to New Foundland. The small town of Gander and surrounding communities sent convoys of school buses pick up the 10,500 stranded passengers.
What follows is a story of how my children and I weathered the hardships and handicaps of single parenting to beat the odds.
200 psychologists from 20 countries convened this weekend in Washington, D.C. for their fourth annual summit to exchange research and ideas on such topics as love, flow, wisdom and well-being.
Dawson remembers his ongoing frustration with school. I would fail no matter what I did, no matter how hard I studied. Then he got a diagnosis and then, a PhD
In New York's maximum-security prison in Auburn, inmates from the prison chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America spent their free time making Christmas gifts for needy children.
Mom and I fought since childhood. I'd say black, she'd say white. It did not matter on what subject. I found myself many times in the bathroom crying so hard I could not breath.