“It’s like a radical new economy, except of course it’s an old economy that has been around forever.” By Lornet Turnbull, Yes, August 10, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/how-much-is-enough/2021/08/10/building-community-gift-economy Following knee surgery five years ago, Myra Anderson was having difficulty getting around. Living alone in Charlottesville, Virginia, she began asking on Facebook if anyone could assist her in […]
Danna Beal: Happy New Year – Lessons I Learned from Bob Beale!
https://tinyurl.com/yc48pwul My dear friend of thirty years, Bob Beale, died a few days ago. Some of you knew him as one of the early ACIM supporters, some of you knew of him as an amazing business consultant and author, and many of my close friends knew of him from me–because I spoke so often of […]
Matt Kahn: The Gift of A Smile
(email) A smile is an offering of goodwill as the spark of Divine energy in two people pulls back the curtain of perception to remember the light dwelling in all. A smile is a subconscious ethical agreement, exchanging the ways society interacts with strangers to the openness of engagement, now that eyes have made direct […]
Building Social Capital
Social scientists have the concept of “social capital.” What does it refer to? Business journalist Will Kenton defines it: “The term social capital refers to a positive product of human interaction. The positive outcome may be tangible or intangible and may include useful information, innovative ideas, and future opportunities. It can be used to describe […]
20/20, June 3 – 1
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Some subjects may be too uncomfortable to read. We ask you to use discernment in your choice. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover […]
Though We’re Isolated, People are Talking to Each Other
The rumors are flying – Coronavirus will be short-lived; no, it won’t – There’ll be three days of darkness; no, there won’t – 5G lowers immunity and promotes susceptibility to a virus; no, it’s perfectly safe. If I could hold everything else constant and just run one variable and look at it (which of course […]