Feel Good Friday

Feel Good Friday...More of what Matters

2012-02-10T15:40:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…More of what Matters

What really matters? More money, more stuff, more consumption or more connection, more time, and more ease and comfort? Do really want to work more overtime? Do you really need that new gizmo or the latest edition of the smart phone? Or have you been beaten into believing that your life is incomplete in some way without the newest, latest, coolest stuff? Maybe, just maybe it is time for a new paradigm, a new way of looking and being in the world. Check out Plenitude here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2898

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Feel Good Friday...Be Great

2012-02-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Be Great

Everybody can be great. Everybody. Not everybody but me, everybody. Not everybody but you, everybody. It doesn’t take much on the one hand and on the other it takes the one thing you may not be willing to give…your heart.

Want to be great? Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tell you what it is going to take here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2959

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Feel Good Friday...Kindness Boomerang

2012-01-27T07:20:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Kindness Boomerang

What goes around comes around. Sometimes it is just as simple as that. We never know the how far the ripples will reach when we throw kindness into the pool. Here is a short movie that shows us what might happen:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2748
I hope you smile as much as I did!

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Feel Good Friday...365 Gratitude

2012-01-20T03:03:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…365 Gratitude

Gratitude may be the most powerful practice we can engage in. It is simple and easy to do, yet it has the power to change your life. What happens is simple…you start really appreciating all the things around you. Instead of looking through the lens of complaint, criticism, and condemnation we begin looking through the lens of happiness, harmony and healing. Here is a film about the power of gratitude and how one person’s life was changed and amazingly enough the entire world changed. How cool is that…change your outlook and change your life!

See it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2494

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Feel Good Friday...The Power of Music

2012-01-13T16:59:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…The Power of Music

This especially poignant video shows us not only the power of music but the power of understanding how we are all alike, how we are all much more the same than we are different. I am moved by the power music. See it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2794

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Feel Good Friday...DanceWalk

2012-01-06T03:33:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…DanceWalk

What if you came upon a cross walk sign that said dance instead of walk? Would you? Dance, that is, instead of walk? Maybe if it said skip, or hop, or bounce? Then would you? Way too often we move through the world without any idea of the things we could do and see if we just slowed down a little.

So slow down a bit and dance thru the crosswalk!
Enjoy it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2778

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Feel Good Friday...The Good Life

2011-12-30T16:01:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…The Good Life

In this short film we come face to face with our ideas about money and accomplishment. And how are we going to define what success really is. It really isn’t the number of years in your life; it is the amount of life in your years. So what about 2012? How much life are you planning on putting in this year. Or will you be reading this story again 365 days from now wondering where the year went and what you did with all of it?

See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1328

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Feel Good Friday...I'm Being Santa

2011-12-23T02:41:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…I’m Being Santa

Ahh…Santa Claus…the mythical fat man flying around delivering toys and gifts throughout the world…Santa maybe the best example of random acts of kindness out there. Think about it…you don’t know him; he drops in from the sky, puts some gifts out for you and leaves without a word. Pretty cool. Acts of kindness are you being Santa to someone else. As small children we believe in Santa, or rather we believe in the myth of Santa…red coat, reindeer, elves that whole schtick. Then we stop believing in the myth. BUT what if Santa as a concept is real and working today? I read a story recently of people paying off other people’s layaways at Kmart stores. Pretty cool and very Santa-like.
Do acts of kindness…Be Santa…see the video here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2715

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Feel Good Friday...Change for a Dollar

2011-12-16T03:10:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Change for a Dollar

This extremely poignant and award winning short film explores what an impact a small act can have on a life. We can “pay it forward” and never know what will become of our act. Maybe that change you just gave away changed somebody’s life. Maybe that kind word shifted an attitude that in turn went on to the next person who really needed some change. Often the change we need isn’t money it’s human connection and compassion and understanding.
“If you think you are too small to have an impact, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.”
There is no kindness too small that it doesn’t count. They all count. Do it because its kind.

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2809

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Feel Good Friday...A Caring Teacher

2011-12-09T11:58:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Caring Teachers

For those of you who are teachers…this video (an advertisement, really) should remind you that you have no idea of the impact you may have on someone’s life. The reach of your influence goes far beyond the work you do in a class room. For those of you who are not teachers…think back to the teachers who really expected more of you than you did yourself. And what are you doing about those expectations? Didn’t you have bigger dreams?

See the video here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2604

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Feel Good Friday...I Give Thanks

2011-12-02T12:39:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…I Give Thanks

Here is one for you to just sit back and enjoy. Gratitude is a grace in our lives. And it is sitting there waiting for us to access it. All you have to do is be grateful.

Enjoy it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=188

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Feel Good Friday...Youth Leads

2011-11-25T01:05:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Youth Leads

We take for granted the simplest things…clean running water, a modern toilet, an education system. Yet, in many parts of the world, these things are luxuries. Here is the story of one person, who gave up her corporate life (big paycheck, modern amenities, and big city life) for one of simpler pursuits. She returned to her village and she is now making a difference in the lives of everyone in the village. Clean water and toilets are now available. Girls are inspired to get educated…because of the example one young woman set. See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2340

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Feel good Friday...The Sounds of Kindness

2011-11-18T07:05:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…The Sounds of Kindness

“Every Little Act is Part of the Whole”
Kindness may the most important thing we can do in the world. Those little things that we do for other people without expectation of reward or even Thanks can be life altering for someone. And we will never know the effect that those things have on them. And that is OK. You see we do them because we must, because we are compelled by something greater than reward. Acts of kindness are universal, they are felt and appreciated throughout the world. The kindness I do here today ripples across the world, throughout the universe and may be part of the storm of kindness that creates the new world.
See the video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2227

“My religion is simple. It is kindness”
--His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama

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Feel Good Friday...Plastic Debris Art

2011-11-11T02:28:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Plastic Debris Art

It has always been said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The Langs have been “curating” about a kilometer of Kehoe beach in the Point Reyes National seashore for years. It is amazing the things they have found. What is ever more amazing is the works of art they have created. These wo4rks of art are not only beautiful and creative but they highlight the problem of plastics in our oceans. It has been said that there is over 46,000 pieces of plastic in every square mile of ocean in the world. This is an incredible number. Stop using single use plastic things people!

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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2303

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Feel Good Friday...The Gift of Kindness

2011-11-04T07:06:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Gift of Kindness

Imagine a world of abundance rather than scarcity, one of contribution rather than consumption, one of connection rather than transaction. When we do kindness for someone, an act that expects no return, no thanks, no reciprocity we are building a circle, an arc of goodness that will bring those things back to us.

Over the last 3 or 4 years, in 3 cities for over 25,000 people the gift economy is real at the Karma Kitchen. When you eat here your bill has already been paid. It was paid “forward” by someone before you. You have been served by a volunteer. The dishes have been washed by volunteers; the rent was paid through someone’s gift. Now it is your turn to pay it forward…and it isn’t just about the bill, the transaction it becomes about the community, the experience, the contribution you are making to all of those things.

Where can you make a gift? Too often we reduce our lives to transactions; what do I have to give to get what I want? How about we just give and stop worrying about what it is we are going to get? Watch this video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2667

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Feel Good Friday...I Will Be the Hummingbird

2011-10-28T07:09:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…I Will Be the Hummingbird

Sometimes life looks impossible. It looks like the odds are stacked against you and there is nothing to do but roll over and let events just roll over you. Or you can be like the hummingbird in this story and do what you can, the best you can. Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai stood up to seemingly insurmountable challenges all her life, and won. Her spirit lives on in the millions of trees she helped plant.

See it there:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2663

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Feel Good Friday...The Calm Within

2011-10-21T06:34:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Calm Within

Locked up for 26 years for a crime you didn’t commit. 26 years of living in a box, living with a stain you didn’t earn. 26 years of maintaining your innocence. Dewey Bozella spent almost 3 decades living that nightmare. Jailed for a crime he did not commit, he lived a life in Prison that exemplified a simple maxim…Never Give Up. He could have gotten out earlier if he had admitted his guilt for something he didn’t do but he refused. As well he should. His story is here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2568

The human spirit is an amazing and resilient thing.

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Feel Good Friday...The Power of One

2011-10-14T11:46:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Power of One

Your Power. You have it. You can do something. Anything. Right now we are seeing the world caught in the chains of change. It is happening all over, even right in here. People are mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore. Here is a short and sweet video about the Power of One:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=14

Get out and do something. Anything. Show your support for something someone else is doing. Get on board or start building your own ship and find your own crew. But something is better than nothing. The opposite of love is not hate…it is indifference and apathy. Go. Now.

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Feel Good Friday...R.I.P. Mr. Jobs

2011-10-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…R.I.P. Mr. Jobs

A lot has been said and written about the passing of Steve Jobs. I am not going to add to any of it.

Here he is in his own words from a commencement speech at Stanford University:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1651

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Feel Good Friday...Remembrance

2011-09-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Remembrance

The other day someone (Thanks Kristie B) sent me this video of a performance artist doing and amazing painting. Michael Israel is the man’s name and what he does is simply amazing. I am in awe of this sort of creativity in general but this is exceptional. He has done some other portraits and tributes but this particular piece was especially moving.

See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1NFlCG4yOA&feature=related

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Feel Good Friday...Bottle to Bulb

2011-09-23T01:04:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Bottle to Bulb

Single use plastic bottles are the bane of our modern existence. They are everywhere these days…in the landfills, floating in the ocean, laying about just about everywhere. Here is a guy who saw a need…light…and a tool and put them together to create something brand new. Necessity is the mother of invention! Solar Demi from the Philippines has invented a way for 643 people to get light into their homes. And he used 643 single use plastic bottles to get it done! These were bottles that would end up in the trash, littering the landscape, or floating in the ocean. Now they have been put to a splendid use! Check it out here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2617

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Feel Good Friday...Say Something Nice

2011-09-16T02:23:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Say Something Nice

New York City…Public Square…a bullhorn on a pulpit with a sign that says “Say something nice”…and guess what? People do exactly that…Say something nice! Pretty cool experiment.

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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2579

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Feel Good Friday...Farmin' in the Hood

2011-09-09T02:50:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Farmin’ in the Hood

Who knew? This may be some of the most important work being done in the world today. It is impossible to have peace in the world when people are hungry, worried about shelter, safety or security. Peace is a bit far up the hierarchy of needs. If we can feed and shelter people and better yet instill in them the hope and the ability to feed and care for themselves peace will follow. Check out this video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2415
My community garden project pales in comparison to this…But this does give me hope and ideas that we can create a better, more sustainable world.
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Feel Good Friday...You're Perfect

2011-09-02T02:13:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…You’re Perfect

Here is a little video about a guy who is doing something about how you feel about yourself. Like Free Hugs, or Just Smile we often need to be reminded about the what’s good about ourselves. Take a look here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2240

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Feel Good Friday...Random Acts of Pizza

2011-08-26T02:47:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Random Acts of Pizza

As most of you know I am very big on random acts of kindness. As a matter of fact each of my students is required to perform and write down certain # of acts of kindness for each belt level they attain. This is really good for the world but it is really good for the student. It teaches them to be conscious of kindness and the effects kindness has on the world as well as bring forward the fact that they are kind people. It helps build self esteem and the knowledge of intrinsic rewards…doing things because they need to be done or that you just want to do them rather than only doing them for the external rewards.
This video takes the idea a little further and into a more tangible arena. Random acts of pizza…gotta love it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2484
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Feel Good Friday...Sister Cyril of Calcutta

2011-08-19T03:14:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Sister Cyril of Calcutta

The amount of good people are doing in the world never ceases to amaze me. I have to admit I have never heard of Sister Cyril. Yet she has changed 100s of thousands of lives. She has taught young people, she has taught teachers who go out and teach, she has influenced an entire city of over 50 million people. Yet we have never heard of her.

Here is her story:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2551

Education will solve poverty much faster than money. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life.”

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Feel Good Friday...Becoming SomeOne

2011-08-12T03:25:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Becoming SomeOne

This short film by Nick Askew asks some very pointed questions in whimsical and fun way. You are looking for answers but you don’t know the questions! Gee I’ve never been there! You know you have to be someone but you don’t who or how to get there. Great music and a simple message:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2545

And watch out! You may become someone while watching!

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Feel Good Friday...What is HIP?

2011-08-05T06:46:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…What is HIP?

HIP stands for the Heroic Imagination Project. This project, begun and designed by Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbrado, intends to create a process to identify and foster heroes in the world. The bad guys have ways to creat and foster suicide bombers, torture specialists, and murderers maybe we should start a process to do just the opposite. Let’s seed the world with heroes…people who won’t stand for injustice, inequality, and dehumanization.
Here is the TED talk on his project. This is a great idea. Check it out here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2243

What are you going to do today heroic?

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Feel Good Friday...Millionaire Janitor

2011-07-29T03:24:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Millionaire Janitor

How many times have we heard of someone winning the lottery only to have all the money gone and their lives in shambles in short order? It seems that winning money far too often creates more problems than it solves. Here is a horse of a different color. Tyrone Curry won almost 4 million dollars a few years ago. He still works as a custodian at the school where we coaches the Track and Field team. And he just donated $40,000.00 for a new track.
See the video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2333

This is a great example for all of us…with or without the money!

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Feel Good Friday ...graFEETi

2011-07-22T00:18:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…GraFEETi

This particularly poignant message really moved me. Imagine picking up your shoes after class and finding an inspirational message in them! What a very cool concept. Or buying a pair of shoes and finding the gift of an uplifting thought. Check it out here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2160

Feel inspired? You could do this too!

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Feel Good Friday...Food Crusader

2011-07-15T12:04:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Food Crusader

Food is a big one with me. I love to eat. I love to prepare it for friends. I love to grow. In this video a very unlikely crusader for food ties it all together. From the introduction of foreign proteins into the food chain to the incidence of cancer (USA is the highest in the world) to the cost of health care (we spend more than any other country) and a few other loose ends Robyn O’Brien creates a compelling, logical and rational discussion for an overhaul of how we eat, produce and market food. This problem is not going away and it is not going to get any better until we start insisting that is does. In the meantime, grow a garden! I picked the first ripe tomato this morning! Go here for the video:
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Feel Good Friday...Wind Art

2011-07-08T07:53:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Wind Art

Imagine coming upon one of these creatures while walking along the beach one day. This is some very cool stuff. For myself I can’t imagine the imagination and resourcefulness it takes to create such a critter. See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1488

Create something today out of stuff you have lying around. It will be cool and it’s good for your brain to stretch in this way!
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Feel good Friday...The Time Bank

2011-06-30T17:28:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Time Bank

We all want to save time right? Wouldn’t it be nice to have some in a bank somewhere? Here is an great idea whose time has come. Imagine doing something for someone…some chore, something you can do that they can’t do for themselves. And by paying it forward you get credit. When you need something done you can draw from the time bank to get something done in your life you can’t do for yourself. Pretty cool, yes? Check out this video:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2378

Maybe you can start one of these where you are!

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Feel Good Friday...Hope is an Action

2011-06-23T15:23:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Hope is an Action

We have all felt loss. Nyla Rodgers lost her mother to cancer and since her mother had raised her alone it was the equivalent of losing your entire family all at once. She has transformed that loss, that grief into love and hope. Far too often we think of things like hope as concepts. Here is a concrete example of hope as an action, a doing, a concept in the real world performing real deeds. There are many of these stories. I encourage you to find one that really lights you up and get involved. Everyone needs heartfelt support and help. It will be welcomed with open arms.

Here is the link:
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Have a great day!

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Feel Good Friday...Be the Remedy

2011-06-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Be the Remedy

I have to admit that this is one of the most innovative uses of twitter I have ever seen. In this video we see how one man’s imagination has led him to connect people’s needs. It is both giving and receiving. It is the direct application of the rule of one. One person can make a difference. Especially one person can make a diference to one other person. It’s simple and elegant all at once.

See the video here:
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4638

Life is about connection. Where can you be more connected…to life, to people, to the world?

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Feel Good Friday...Amo La Vida

2011-06-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Amo La Vida --- Love Life

“Without gratitude nothing is enough.” Julio Olalla

I think that sentence just about sums up the whole thing. This interview is about the nature of gratitude and how important it really is. There is some pretty tasty food for thought in here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2414

And Thank You. I am grateful you are here.

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Feel Good Friday...Of Forests and Men

2011-06-03T11:09:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Of Forests and Men

In this stunning video the question is asked:
Is the essential being destroyed to make room for the superfluous?
This is a question we should be asking or ourselves every day. I am doing superfluous things instead of essential ones? Maybe the question should be…What is essential? What is essential in your life? What are you prioritizing to be important above other things?
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Answer the questions soon.

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Feel Good Friday...Paraklesis

2011-05-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Paraklesis

Whose side are you called to stand beside? In this video:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2123

A father stands beside his son, lifts him up after he falls, and allows him to finish what he has started.
It brought tears to my eyes. This is what life is about…the struggle, the journey, the effort...win, lose or draw. It isn’t about the awards, the applause or the accolades; it is about the heart, soul, and spirit you bring to your effort.

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Feel Good Friday...Birdman

2011-05-20T07:59:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Birdman

This remarkable video can be summed up in one sentence:
Its work that needs to be done and somebody has to do it
Here is a guy who saw something that needed to be done and he did it.
Lots of people and creatures benefitted from his labors. The world is a better place because of the work he did. Work he did without being asked, without being paid, without expectation of reward. Where is the work that needs to be done in your world? Check out the Birdman here:
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Feel good friday...Make the Difference

2011-05-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Make the Difference

I love stories like this. When someone or some group of people decides to just get something done in spite of the obstacles or challenges in front of them. This is the story of a football team in the south of Thailand. And how a group of kids figure out how to play football in a place where there is no dirt and no park, and no real space whatsoever.
If you want to do something you can do it. Human ingenuity, will and desire will always win out.
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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2298

What could you do today if you couldn’t fail?

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Feel Good Friday...the 3 A's of Awesome

2011-05-06T14:34:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…the 3 A’s of Awesome

We take so many things for granted. In this video Neil Pasricha gives us a TED talk about awesome. And how to be appreciative of all the little things that make this life awesome. You could even start your own list…1000 awesome things. Your list is going to be different than my list but I am sure it will be amazing!

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And have an awesome day!

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Feel Good Friday...the Milky Way

2011-04-29T21:44:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…the Milky Way

If you have ever been way way far out in the wilderness you know how amazing the sky becomes. This video shares a 10 day photo essay of the skies in Spain. The photography is beautiful as is the musical accompaniment. See the video here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2326

And try to get away from the city lights and see some of the wonders of the world soon!

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Feel Good Friday...The Orangutan and the Hound

2011-04-22T13:55:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Orangutan and the Hound

Have you ever met someone and felt like you have known them before? And when you meet them you know you have a history or a purpose together? Here is the story of 2 souls reunited:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2311

The hitch is that they are both animals! An orangutan and a blue tick hound found each other and are now inseparable. The video is an amazing tale of love and affection that will leave you smiling.

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Feel Good Friday...It's in Your Hands

2011-04-15T10:38:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…It’s in your hands

I’m not sure which is more amazing…the facts in this video or the creation of the simple wash basin. We take hand washing for granted but in many parts of the world hand washing is not happening. The message is clear…wash your hands…it is good for your health and the health of others…and its simple and easy! Go here:
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Feel Good Friday...Small Pleasures

2011-04-08T11:18:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Small Pleasures

I have to admit this video made me smile. And at the end I smiled even wider. We take so much for granted, it’s like we expect some big banner to race across the sky telling us we are happy. When, in fact, happiness is an attitude; finding an appreciation for the little things that are happening around us every day. As I write this it is brisk and chilly after a day of shirt sleeve weather, yet that crisp morning air was a joy and will be soon forgotten for the warmth of summer.
Happiness is not something found, not something that happens to you; happiness is something you are, something you can be. Watch the video here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2254

And like Bobbie McFerrin says…”Don’t worry, be happy.”

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2011-03-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Feed the Hunger

As many of you know food is a “thing” with me. I love growing it, eating it, sharing it, cooking it. I hate the fact that some 38 million Americans are food “insecure” these days. That means they do not have enough food to eat 7 days a week or 4 weeks out of the month. If they are receiving food stamps there is only enough to eat 3 weeks out of 4. The person most likely to go hungry…a single mother of two. She will feed her children and then not eat herself. Then layer that sort of information on top of the fact that we throw away tons of edible food every day. The seeming contradiction is maddening.

Here is one man’s answer:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1318

We are working on this problem locally…with our community garden to feed people and the hands of hope food program. If you want more information I how you can participate drop me a line!

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Feel Good Friday...Can Art Change the World

2011-03-18T13:07:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Can Art Change the World?

In this TED talk French street artist JR talks about his art projects. Its 24 minutes but very revealing in terms of who we are as human beings…the project becomes useful, the photos were used as roofs for shacks. At about the 17 minute mark there is a brief video that is very revealing.
What we see changes who we are. This project is part of a bigger vision…and his statement is here:
I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world…INSIDE OUT.
When we act together it becomes bigger than the sum of the parts. There is a way for you to participate if you go to www.insideoutproject.net
Watch the video, it is very good.
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Feel Good Friday...Nourishing with Love

2011-03-11T17:13:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Nourishing with Love

Every small act of kindness makes a difference, says Magnus McFarlane-Barro in this short video about his project. The project began as a simple delivery of supplies to Bosnia. Today his “project” feeds over 400,000 kids everyday in 15 countries. What! Do you think those meals are making a difference to the people who are eating them? You bet they are.

Here at home, Patricia Glover started a branch of Hands of Hope in Fernley. Yesterday 49 families received fruits and vegetables, milk, and bread from quality grocery stores. No candy, no junk food, and very little “commodity” food in the boxes. The project started with 2 or 3 families driving to Reno to pick up their food at hands of hope. We expect to serve 100 families soon. My landlord, Bal and Lucky Gosal generously allow us to use an empty unit to stage the project every Thursday. The work is done by volunteers (mostly Patricia).

The point is that every act of kindness makes a difference. And you never know how much until much much later.

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Feel Good Friday...the Dark Side of the Lens

2011-03-04T16:43:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…the Dark Side of the Lens

Have you ever seen a photograph and wondered how in the world the person behind the camera ever got that shot? Did they use telephoto lenses, or were they right on top of the action? In this video we get to see how some of those pictures got snapped. Now the question becomes where was the shooter who shot the pictures of the guy shooting the picture? There are some absolutely amazing and amazingly beautiful pictures in this video. Enjoy it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2220

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Feel Good Friday...People Are Awesome

2011-02-25T07:16:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…People are Awesome

People do amazing things. There are some things on this video that are downright scary. And some others that are staggering. And a bunch of them that had me wondering how anyone thought of that?
Anyway its fun and it will bring a smile to your face and might even make your jaw drop a bit!
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Feel Good Friday...Chewing Gum Art

2011-02-18T14:37:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Chewing Gum Art

“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.” Confucius
I have to admit I never thought of discarded chewing gum as beautiful, especially gum thrown on the sidewalk. But here it is:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2165
I find people fascinating. How did someone decide to start painting chewing gum on the sidewalk? After watching the video and the painstaking work the artist puts into his art you really have to wonder what possessed him to do that the first time. And then why would you continue to do it? There is no money in it. As a matter of fact the man even got arrested once. You have to figure it is for the sake of doing the art. But lying on the sidewalk and painting gum? How very fascinating.

Where do you do your art? Why do you do it? Why do you keep doing it? Why aren’t you doing more of it? Interesting questions.

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Feel Good Friday...The Power of Vulnerability

2011-02-11T15:06:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…The Power of Vulnerability

This video has come to me twice now so I must share it with you! As many of you know, I am a huge believer in the power of kind acts. They are good for you because those acts create a feeling in you that you are a kind and worthy person. It turns out they are also good for you because they connect you to others in an open and vulnerable way. I require all of my students to do acts of kindness to be eligible for their next belt test. For far too many of them this is the hardest component of their curriculum. I guess learning to punch and kick and hurt is easier than doing nice, kind and healing things. Such is the world we live in, I suppose.

Here are 2 links to the same video:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2212
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0

It is about 20 minutes long but very well worth it!
Enjoy!

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Feel Good Friday...One Arm? No Problem

2011-02-04T17:50:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…One Arm? No Problem

You don’t often see a one armed foot ball player…especially one who is a receiver. Here is a young man who leads his team in receptions using only one hand. And to listen to him talk it really is no big deal. He has been doing things like this all his life. It is amazing to think of living your life missing one hand…here is the story of a young man who really lives with out limitation. See it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2191
Oh and by the way…he can bench press 235 pounds!
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Feel Good Friday...The Story of Electronics

2011-01-28T15:25:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…The Story of Electronics

I really don’t know what the answer is to this problem. I wish I did. This short video explores where our electronic stuff comes from and where it goes. Here is a hint...it isn’t good. And the real problem is that it is intentional…the electronic stuff is built to be thrown away. Think about it…how old is your computer? Your phone? Your TV? Your VCR? And what did you do with the old ones? Let’s see if we can’t find a solution that works for everyone. Here is the video:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2170

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Feel Good Friday...Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2011-01-21T15:38:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. King was and is an inspiration to many people. His life, his words, his actions helped motivate a nation to change. Was he perfect? Of course not. But what he said and what he did was to serve as a signpost for each and every one of us. Here is a singer/song writer inspired by Dr. King:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2236

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Feel Good Friday...I Still Have a soul

2011-01-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday...I Still have a Soul

What will you do to fulfill your dream? Live on the street? Sell your most prized possession? Are you willing to do whatever it takes? The difference between living your dream and dreaming your dream is action...doing what you must do to get what want. Take a look here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2226

Live your dream

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Feel Good Friday...From the Heart

2011-01-08T08:56:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…From the Heart

Imagine you are too old to get out of your house and shop for food. Or you are disabled and can’t get out of the house or too weak to carry groceries up your stairs. What do you do?

Everyday Herman Travis delivers 1300 pounds of food to his neighbors in need. The food bank drops off 1300 pounds of food at his house in San Francisco and he sorts it with some help and then delivers it to his neighbors in need. Using a shopping cart. Walking. His constituents count on his deliveries; he is their lifeline.

Maybe you can be someone’s Herman? Sure you can. Just do it.

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2211

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Feel Good Friday...Wake Up Everybody

2010-12-31T15:29:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Wake Up Everybody

This seems to be an appropriate video to end the year on…
Wake up Everybody.
Wake up from your dream state. Wake up from doing the same ole, same ole and getting the same ole same ole. Wake up from the matrix…unplug and get real.
What will 2011 bring for you…what will 2011 be for you? Are you willing to change the world? By changing yourself?
Enjoy your New Year’s Eve…and your New Year!
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Feel Good Friday...Be Selfish, Be Generous

2010-12-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Be Selfish Be Generous

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” HH the 14th Dalai Lama
Doing kind things, paying it forward, good karma, what ever you want to call it, however you want to characterize it there is power in kindness. The power is yours and for you. In doing for others we are actually doing for ourselves. This is the key to kindness. This short video brings this concept to the fore.
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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2185

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Feel Good Friday...Making Music

2010-12-17T17:10:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Makin Music

I had no idea this was even possible. I am not a techno-phobe and I knew there were some pretty amazing things that the i-phone could do but this is off the chart cool.
4 guys in a band get their instruments stolen and then create music riding the New York City Subway using their i-phones. Amazing. Simply Amazing.
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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2137

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Feel Good Friday...Poverty, Love, and Money

2010-12-10T12:51:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Poverty, Love, and Money

150 Million Dollars is a lot of money. And it is the amount of money Kiva.org distributed in their 5th year. 150 million dollars distributed and raised in $25.00 and $50.00 increments. $150 million dollars spread to entrepreneurs around the world.

This is one way to stop poverty. This is one way, maybe not the only way but one way. Let’s be honest, tossing a few coins in a jar has not worked. Government giveaways have not worked. Faith based giveaways have not worked. Poverty still exists and is worse in many places.

Here, the founder of Kiva.org talks about poverty, love and money. It’s long but worth every second. Go here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2141

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Feel Good Friday...One Small Act

2010-12-03T11:15:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…One Small Act

We never know when the one small act we do will transform a life or the world. And really if you think about it doesn’t every act of kindness shift the world in some small way? In this video, which is actually a trailer for a movie of the same name, we see where a small act of kindness ripples across continents and begins a shift that will change the world.
Over the years I have wanted to change the world into a kinder, gentler, more conscious and compassionate place. But that was just too big of a project (it seemed). So I started with myself. And, voila, the world changed. And then the people around me changed and before I knew it the world began to appear as I wanted to see it.
Go here:
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“My religion is simple. It is kindness.” HH The 14th Dalai Lama

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Feel Good Friday...Plastic Bag Parody

2010-11-26T11:16:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Plastic Bag Parody

OK…I thought this was pretty entertaining and a good way to get us to start thinking about single use plastic bags. Really we should be thinking this way about single use plastic anythings…bottles especially. I just saw a picture this morning of a dolphin with a plastic grocery bag attached to a fin. Very uncool. Any thing you do to cut down on the use of these things would be a huge step in the right direction. I save all my plastic bags especially the zip-locs…you would be surprised at how long they last! I wash them and reuse over and over again. I know it’s a bit eccentric but I don’t mind, really I don’t!

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Feel Good Friday...Poverty

2010-11-19T14:31:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Poverty

Not sure how you will feel about this video but I am pretty sure you will feel something. Poverty is everywhere in our world. The causes are myriad and the solution has escaped us for most of history. I guess the real question is what are you doing about it? Because throwing money at it hasn’t worked yet.
Some of the links on this page are quite interesting as well. Go here now:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2083

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Feel Good Friday...Acts of Kindness

2010-11-12T13:40:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Acts of Kindness

Tomorrow, November 13th is world kindness day. I didn’t know that. Maybe you didn’t either. The following video is an exploration of what it means to be kind. Beautiful pictures and a lovely song from Enya create a beautiful video exploration. Here at Relentless Martial Arts we require 15 acts of kindness for each belt level for every test and 300 for black belt candidates. This is an important part of understanding your place in the world and how you can be part of something even larger than yourself.
For myself, I side with the Dalai Lama, who is quoted as saying…”My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2172

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Feel Good Friday...The Wisdom Project

2010-11-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Wisdom Project

The Wisdom Project was inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can pass to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience. The project seeks to create a record of what wisdom means to a multicultural group of people who have all made their mark on the world.

What does wisdom mean to you? Not intelligence, not common sense but wisdom. For me, wisdom is knowing when to not speak. It isn’t so much as knowing what to say as it is knowing when to say it. Wisdom is a patient smile that knows the lessons that need to unfold for real learning to take place.

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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2098

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Feel Good Friday...The Girl Effect

2010-10-29T08:17:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Girl Effect

There are 600 million adolescent girls across the globe. Too many of them live in poverty and if things don’t change the cycle of poverty will continue on to the next generation and the next and the next.
This video explains some of that:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2106
The page has a couple links that you can visit that will give you even more information about what they are up to in order to shift this paradigm. There are other organization that are doing similar things…Heifer International comes to mind. Heifer provides domesticated animals to families (mostly women) to help lift them out the cycle of poverty. There are many ways to help end poverty and most of them don’t have much to do with throwing money at the problem! Money doesn’t empower people, education does.

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Feel Good Friday...My Own Two Hands

2010-10-22T06:28:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…My Own Two Hands

"I can change the world with my own two hands. Make a better place with my own two hands. Make a kinder place with my own two hands."

There really is no other way to change things other than with your own two hands. You are the only one who can do it. And when you begin it becomes that much easier for the next person to do it. If you want to change the world start today, right where you are with yourself.
Musician Ben Harper reminds us of how powerful we can be. Watch and dance to his video to get you in the groove to make the world a better place with YOUR own two hands.
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Feel Good Friday...This Kid Gets It

2010-10-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…This Kid Gets it!

Sometimes somebody just nails it square. I mean calls it exactly like it is. In this video an 11 year old young man, Birke Baehr, nails what’s wrong with our food system. Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Id9caYw-Y&feature=player_embedded

I could expound on this subject for quite a while and I think I probably will very shortly. In the meantime remember…you are what you eat and you are what the food you are eating eats. This includes plants, animals and everything in between.

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Feel Good Friday...Train Kids

2010-10-08T21:33:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Train Kids

Thailand has over 10,000 homeless children. Here is the story of someone who is doing something about it:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1977

One man started a “Library Train” to teach and help these children out of poverty. Now it has become a collective effort to help. Sometimes you have to see a need and fill it…just because if you don’t do it, no one else will.

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Feel Good Friday...Insight Prison Project

2010-10-01T12:32:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Insight Prison Project

In America 1 in 100 people are incarcerated. That is a lot of people. 80% of those people are going to get out of prison. If they continue to do what they have done in the past most of them will go back to prison. Sending people to prison is expensive no matter how you add it up…cost of housing, cost of the trial, coat to the victim, cost of loss to their community. And we can’t let crime happen. That cost is way too unacceptable. Obviously the best thing is to do the work before they do the crime. But after the time what do we do before we send them back out to make their way in the world? Here is a program at San Quentin that seems to be doing something right:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2046

Maybe there is hope that we can stem the tide. Now if we could spend more money on prevention than we do on punishment we could really make some progress!

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Feel Good Friday...Turf Dancing

2010-09-24T13:29:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Turf Dancing

What if we could solve all our confrontations with dancing? Just imagine…instead of fists or guns, or bombs or bullets we would all agree to solve our disputes by turf dancing. This innovative and expressive form of dance incorporates many disciplines of dance...hip hop, ballet, break, popping, and more. Dance as an alternative to violence…creativity and skill versus guns and fists…what a concept! Over in Oakland California they are promoting turf dancing as a way to solve some of the disputes that arise. The video shows some amazing dance moves…enjoy it here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2050

Dance like no one is watching…

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Feel Good Friday...Wonder Capes

2010-09-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Wonder Capes

Cancer in children is just wrong. The treatment is horrible and when I see these small bodies ravaged by diseases like this my heart breaks. Here is a lady who is doing something to put some joy back into the lives of these kids:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2084

At the end of the video is a link to an organization where you can help. Or do something locally for someone you know who is suffering…and it doesn’t have to b a child either. Anything we can do for someone else is a kindness. You will be richly rewarded in ways yet to be discovered.
Be a superhero!

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Feel Good Friday...Change from Within

2010-09-03T11:51:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Change from Within

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is still being felt throughout New Orleans. And now the BP oil spill is creating another set of problems. Here are three stories of people who are doing something to help. Where does your community need help? And what can you do? Like Nike says…Just Do It!

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http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2077

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Feel Good Friday...Words of Love

2010-08-27T14:29:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Words of Love

Mother Theresa reached beyond herself, devoting herself to the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. As the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of her birth here is a video of some of her inspiring words:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2070
Her motto was “love until it hurts”. As a friend of mine is fond of quoting “Mother Theresa once said that God trusts us to handle what He gives us. I just wish he didn’t trust me quite so much!”

Enjoy this inspiring message.

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Feel Good Friday...Brrrr

2010-08-20T12:36:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday...Brrrr
The water is 29 degrees, 3 freezing. It is black. The altitude is 15,000 feet and then some. You are going swimming in your speedo. What???? Really!!!
This man, Lewis Pugh, swam across a lake in the shadow of Mt. Everest. Unimaginable. But that is not
real lesson. The real lesson is something else entirely. And it is all about your mind and your commitment.
See the video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2047
How about you? Can you commit like this? And then can you shift your thinking and remain committed? As I just heard recently...if you don't like change, if you can't embrace change, you are really going to hate extinction.
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Feel Good Friday...The Dollar Difference

2010-08-13T10:36:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Dollar Difference

How much difference would a dollar make in your life? For many people around us it would be very little. Yet for millions of people around the globe the difference a dollar can make is huge. The man in this video:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1976
has a vision of teaching people how to get out of poverty through their own efforts. This, by the way, is pretty much the only way any one gets out poverty. His efforts have affected 2 million people and created over 6 million dollars in income. Pretty amazing, expecially when you consider this man grew up barely able to eat. Check it out and start thinking of ways you can help teach people how to fish!

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Feel Good Friday...Natural Beauty

2010-08-07T06:48:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Natural Beauty

Here is a video produced by a band called Stomacher. They used over 20,000 pictures from around the world to create a collage of beauty. And the music isn’t bad either. This is titled: Untitled/Dark Divider. Take about 4 minutes out of your day and enjoy! See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1980
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxzkUjTMcE

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Feel Good Friday...The Story of Cosmetics

2010-07-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Story of Cosmetics

You may have seen the short video the story of stuff. Here is another from the same folks but this one is all about cosmetics and personal care products. The average woman in America uses 12 personal care products a day, the men use 6. Every give much thought to what is actually in those things? I never did until recently. It is a natural outgrowth of our desire for organic food and clean water. The stuff I put on my hair and skin goes into my system just like food does. As a matter of fact, the skin is the largest organ in the body. It only makes sense to look a little closer at the goop we are using on that organ. See the video here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2037

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Feel Good Friday...Khan's Academy

2010-07-23T07:01:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday...Khan's Academy

I don't know about you but there were certain parts of math I never got. Geometry and I never really meshed. Apparently I am spatially challenged. It is nice to know that I am not the only one! Here is the guy I really needed all those years ago:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1996

Now in short (less than 10 minutes) videos, Salman Khan breaks down various subjects from physics to math, history to finance. Apparently about 10 minutes is all we can really pay attention and you tube is a perfect conveyance for the lessons. He has posted over 1400 videos on a huge number of subjects from the simple (addition) to the complex (credit derivative swaps). This is a huge help for the educational system.

Maybe I can go back and relearn the missing geometry lessons!

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Feel Good Friday...The Miracle is You

2010-07-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Miracle is You

We rarely give much thought to the amazing bodies we live in. Every day you re-generate, rejuvenate some 300 billion cells in your body. Every day. Your bloods travels 60,000 miles on its trip around your circulatory system, your stomach and intestinal tract process raw material and turn it into energy, and your brain, well, simply amazing. Your eyes process more information than the best telescope can and who knows how big the computer would have to be to do what your brain does every day. You can heal broken bones, grow new skin and create new life. You are an amazing miracle.
And as amazing as it is it really does need some maintenance every day…just like your car needs tires and an oil change, your body needs good fuel, exercise and rest. Take care of it!
Here is the link to a really cool video about your body!

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2009

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Feel Good Friday...Happy Birthday

2010-07-02T11:29:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Happy Birthday

Every once in a while I see one of the videos and get really moved. This 2 and ½ minute piece moved me, probably because the recipient was moved and surprised. Your birthday is a special day every year because you are special. So get out there and do the “it’s your birthday dance” dance! Or maybe do it for someone else…And Happy Birthday to all of my Cancer friends…Love you all!

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1966

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Feel Good Friday...The Power of Education

2010-06-24T15:28:00.001-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Power of Education

In many parts of the world, education is so valued that families will sacrifice almost anything to get just one of their children through school. There is no substitute for education, the ability to learn, to read and to articulate are invaluable in making your way in the world. Here is a woman who risks her life everyday to educate other women and children. In some parts of the world education for certain segments of the population is still banned. These practices must be stopped. The way to peace is through education. Maybe we should be using books instead of bombs. Here is the link to Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan institute of Learning:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1967

And remember it is never too late to educate yourself!

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Feel Good Friday...Heart,Soul, and Mind

2010-06-15T15:03:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Heart, Soul, and Mind
No Legs, No arms but he has a heart, a soul and a mind. And a drive to fish. Here is the story of Clay Dyer, a professional bass fisherman with no arms, no legs but with some thing the rest of us would dearly love to have…focus, courage, and desire.

Check him out here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1892

Feel good, it’s Friday!

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Feel Good Friday...One Talented Chef, One Million Mouths to Feed

2010-06-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…One Talented Chef, One Million Mouths to Feed

Every 3.6 seconds another human dies from hunger. You can do something about it. You can volunteer at the local food bank. You can go see Chris at the Spread Peace Café and see what he has done. You can work in a community garden. You can make sandwiches and distribute them. There homeless and hungry people where you live. Right now, right under your bridge or underpass. Stop looking away and start connecting.

Here’s a man who saw and did:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1927
There is a link to his non-profit organization on that page. If you are in Reno or the surrounding area check out
http://www.spreadpeacereno.org/
And here in Fernley call me at 575-6077 to see what you can do for the community garden! This year we hope to give away 1000 pounds of produce!!!

Just Do It!
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Feel Good Friday...Love is all you Need

2010-06-04T21:49:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Love is all you Need

Here is a cute little video that reminds us of the simplicity of life. Just love. That’s it Love. Give Love.
What you give is what you are going to get so be careful what you are giving out!

Here is the video:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1901

It’s Friday. Feel Good.

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Feel Good Friday...The Future of Education

2010-05-28T18:32:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Future of Education

Education…I think we can all agree that we need it. The problem is we don’t necessarily agree what that education should look like. I came up in a system that rewarded the memorization of facts and events. I also was fortunate enough to learn how to learn. And this may be the most important thing...the ability to think, and reason, to extrapolate information and draw a new seemingly unconnected conclusion. On top of that we should add the ability to get along, the social intelligence needed to turn our intellect to good use for the greater good.

In the following video Sir Ken Robinson offers a very interesting solution for the future of education. Let’s face it…should we be teaching compliance or creativity, times tables or time management, historical events or historical interpretation? See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1975

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2010-05-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Power of Virtual Connection

A few years ago Bobby McFerrin created a cd called Circle Songs. He took members of an audience and brought them on stage and had them make a particular sound or sing a phrase or note. He created songs out of seemingly disconnected noise. Celebrated composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, has taken the concept into the virtual social media world. Using his original composition, Lux Aurumque, he had over 185 people submit videos of them singing one part of the song (soprano, alto, tenor or bass). Then he connected it all up. The ordinary individual performances became an extraordinary virtual choir. See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1958

We have the ability to connect more and in more different and interesting ways. Ways we can create our own tribes glued together by mutual interest and shared experience. What’s your tribe?

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Feel Good Friday...How do you want to be remembered?

2010-05-07T14:58:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…How do you want to be remembered?

Here is a great little movie that poses the question “How do you want to be remembered?” And poses a possible answer. It is surprisingly simple but I will let you watch it for yourself. See it here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1931

Have a great day. Let your mother know you care everyday but especially on Sunday!

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Feel Good Friday...Water, water, everywhere

2010-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

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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Feel Good Friday...The Gift of Health

2010-04-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-16T11:46:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-09T11:10:00.001-07:00

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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Feel Good Friday...Lentil as Anything

2010-04-02T14:07:00.001-07:00

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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Feel Good Friday...Don't Worry, Be Happy

2010-03-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…Don’t Worry Be Happy

Many of you remember the Bobby McFerrin hit song “Don’t Worry Be Happy”. Mr. McFerrin has won 10 Grammy awards and has produced music all across the spectrum from pop to jazz to classical. His 1988 hit was inspired by an Indian mystic, Meher Baba, whose face is associated on posters with the philosophy…”Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Here is a video inspired by the song:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1886

This simple life instruction is a watch word for all of us...in any times.
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Feel Good Friday...The Principal's Office

2010-03-19T09:45:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday…The Principal’s Office

Throughout my years of schooling I cannot remember one principal’s name. I went to at least 6 different schools and I cannot recall even one name of the person who was in charge of the school. This video:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1881
will introduce you to a principal whose name his charges will not forget. At his first job, in a Jr. High renowned for its poor performance, violence and drug activities, this man made all the difference in the world. The school is an A+ school today. Children are not only learning their “3 rs” but are learning what it takes to be good responsible citizens as well. This is one principal’s office I wouldn’t mind sitting in!

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Feel Good Friday...What Madoff couldn't Steal

2010-03-12T12:30:00.001-08:00

Feel Good Friday…What Madoff Couldn’t Steal

Imagine you are on vacation…In Antartica( I know it wouldn’t be my first choice either). Penguins, Ice, Cold, really really cold, Icebergs, and more Icebergs but the ship has a satellite phone (only about $10.00 per minute) and you get a call. It’s your spouse telling you the man who you gave your entire life savings to has been arrested for perpetrating the largest financial fraud in history. Your money is gone. Completely gone…down to zero, sip nada, gone. What are you going to do?

This really happened. Get his story here (it’s pretty funny):
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1884

Remember…You are not your money.
You are not your house.
You are not your FICO score.
You are a child of the divine.
Your presence makes a difference in the world.

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Feel Good Friday...Powerful Beyond Measure

2010-03-05T09:58:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Powerful beyond Measure

Whatever you think about Tony Robbins, you have to admit that he has had a tremendous impact on millions of people’s lives. His story is interesting, his books thought provoking and his seminars/workshops can be mind blowing. He just turned 50 years old and I got this video from him in celebration of his birthday:
http://training.tonyrobbins.com/

It is a great little mash up reminding us of how powerful we really are. You need to begin to believe this. Until you believe it you can’t achieve it! Watch this several times and get your head around the fact:
You are Powerful beyond belief, beyond compare. Embrace it, Love it, Be it.

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Feel Good Friday...Education is a Privilege

2010-02-26T10:54:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday…Education is a Privilege?

In this country we take for granted the opportunity each child has for education. Many children loathe school. Many of them go out of their way to avoid the work and do things to disrupt the experience of everyone else. In most parts of the world education is a privilege not a right, not a requirement. Here is a young man doing his best to educate the children around him. He has no government mandate, no credentials and no budget. He has a willingness to teach, pupils eager to learn and no need for anything more than that.

Education will change poverty. Education will change fundamentalism. Education will do more to eradicate the problems of the world than money, food, or intentions.

See Baba Ali’s story here:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1758

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Feel Good Friday...Water for Everyone

2010-02-19T14:38:00.000-08:00

Feel Good Friday….Water for Everyone

You and I are mostly water. The planet is mostly water. Without water we will die in about 3 days. Right now 3.5 billion people on the planet are suffering due to lack of adequate, safe drinking water. Every day thousands of children die from water borne illnesses.

The problem is fixable. Michael Pritchard, an engineer from England, has developed a fix. He has created a simple and portable water filtration device that could change our entire infrastructure around water. The video is here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1663

Many of us complain about our tap water. Guess what? Here in America, almost everywhere in America, the water that comes out of your tap is safe to drink. It does not contain parasites, bacteria and viruses that will cause you to sicken and maybe die. You do not have to travel for miles every day to a clean water source to provide water for your family. Yet many of us spend huge amounts of money every week buying water in single serving plastic bottles…which create quite another problem, by the way. But that is another story!

Until next time…

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