Feel Good Friday...Water, water, everywhere

Feel Good Friday…Water, water, everywhere

Many of you have seen the short video called “The Story of Stuff”. This little video is about bottled water. Go here to see it:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1900
And it is correct. The cost of bottled water is amazing and I am not talking about the price of a bottle of water. The true cost is hidden in production and waste. We really need to change our ways around this issue. Start today with just one bottle won’t you?

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John
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Feel Good Friday...The Gift of Health

Feel Good Friday…The Gift of Health

The Karma Clinic is in Oakland California. It provides health care as a gift to anyone who wants it. Both conventional and alternative healers are providing the gift of care and healing of body, mind and spirit. This is Radical Trust in action. What an amazing concept. Each person is given the opportunity to pay forward for the next person. See the inspiring video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1922

Recently we have seen restaurants that are running under the same concept. People are fed as a gift. You pay what you can. Radical Trust in action.
Where else will this start occurring? How can we implement this more often in our own lives and businesses? In “Linchpin” by Seth Godin he talks about the gift of your art. That for art to be art it must be a gift. Everything you do is art. Everything I do is art. Gift it.

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Feel Good Friday...Haiti, Shoes, and More

Feel Good Friday…Haiti, Shoes and more

It has been 2 months since a earthquake devastated Haiti. Thousands died, tens of thousands are homeless and displaced. The devastation is hard to imagine but it is even harder to imagine trying to live without running water, proper sanitation, a normal food distribution network, or a community support system. Look around you right now and imagine not having any of the things you are looking at…a home, or a job, a car, running water, an icebox full of food, clothes, and toilet and on and on. Get up with the clothes on your back and pretend that is all you have for the next 7 days. Pretty hard to get a grip on, right? Now imagine it was over 60 days…impossible to get my mind around. Here is a video of some young Canadian artists doing something:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1890

Here, in Fernley, we are collecting shoes right now to send to Haiti and Chile. Bring your shoes to 198 E. Main St. #9 and drop them in front…you can’t miss all the shoes sitting out in front of the building! Or donate to Soles for Souls...every $5.00 donation will get 2 new pairs of shoes to an impoverished person in the world. Go to www.soles4souls.org and check it out!

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Feel Good Friday...Random Acts of Kindness

Feel Good Friday…Random Acts of Kindness

Many of us feel that we are kind people, that we do kind things. The students at Kansa State University have taken it to new heights.
See the video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1906

We have a “kindness stripe” requirement here at Relentless Martial Arts. Each student is required to perform a specified number of acts of kindness before they are eligible for their next belt. Kindness is a gift that benefits the giver as well as the recipient. When I do something kind I feel better, more connected to that person and the world. Connection to each other is a common human need. Kindness connects us. What can you do to connect today?


Have a kind day!
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John
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Feel Good Friday...Lentil as Anything

Feel Good Friday…Lentil as Anything


I have heard of “pay it forward” restaurants before but I have never been to one. Here is one in Australia called Lentil as anything who is not only doing restaurants but also a school canteen where the kids pay what they can pay. The “owner” has no assets but the millions of dollars in good will from thousands of customers. He thinks he has enough!
See the video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1887

Enjoy your weekend!
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John
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