Many people would love to start a garden, but lack the space and time to enjoy the green and healthy hobby of gardening. However, an ingenious solution is cropping up in Japan, where the East Japan Railway Company has collaborated with a station entertainment company to create a series of rooftop gardens on train stations, where commuters can create their own tiny gardens and tend to them while they wait for their train to arrive. What … [Read more...]
United Nations Day of Happiness
Today is the United Nations Day of Happiness! Here is what they have to say about it: "Lasting happiness does not come from what we consume, how we look or how much we earn. But, let's be honest, you probably knew that already! Have you had enough of being made to feel poor in a world that is rich with opportunities to be happy? If so, then let's share a genuine vision of happiness and reclaim it back from those who try to manipulate us." So … [Read more...]
Forest suburbia is inhabited by self-sufficient tree-like homes
Danish design student Konrad Wójcik envisions a suburbia where people live in tree-like houses that blend right in with the forest, calling it a return to a "primeval symbiosis", in a recent article on Tree Hugger. Supported by a single pole, much like a tree trunk, Wójcik's pine tree-shaped homes will accommodate anywhere from two to four people. According to FastCo.Exist, the four-floored dwellings would be outfitted with bio-digesters, heat … [Read more...]
How would the world look if you could see with your heart and feel with your mind?
Inspiring Sportsmanship in Sochi
Russian cross-country skier Anton Gafarov fell and broke his ski during the Men’s Sprint Free Semifinals. In true Olympic spirit he kept going, knowing that with half a ski he would end up limping across the finish line in front of the world and his home crowd. From out of nowhere, Canadian ski coach Justin Wadsworth ran down to Gafarov's aid. He not only gave Gafarov a new ski, but took the broken ski from him and snapped him into the borrowed … [Read more...]
Are you destined for bigger things?
Do you ever feel like you’re destined for something bigger? That you’re not making the most of your time here? That you’re stuck in a rut despite trying your damnedest to find your way out? You’re not alone... Most of us yearn for something bigger and better in our lives. It’s part of being human. Maybe you should join the Quantum Revolution! … [Read more...]
Have you heard of Lucid Dreaming?
Lucid dreaming is your chance to play around with the extraordinary abilities buried in unused parts of your brain. Regardless of whether your are superhuman in real life or not, lucid dreaming is a way for you to put the deepest areas of your brain to good use while you’re sleeping. You can be a Jane Doe while awake and superman while sleeping. All the obstacles of reality can be set aside, as you make trips to the sun or the interior of the … [Read more...]
Ed Begley Jr…
What, out of all the things we can get in this whole world, will give us the most happiness, joy, peace of mind, self-friendship, clarity, insight, presence, is totally free but invariably ignored? Yes, you got it, it's meditation -- the most invaluable gift you could ever give yourself! If stuff made you happy, there would be nothing but happy people living in Bel Air and unhappy people living in Fiji where they have nothing, but I have … [Read more...]
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within" Image by Erin Case … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 1/15/14 – Dorothy Day
"The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that has to start with each one of us" - Dorothy Day … [Read more...]
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