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His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks about the need for hope in our lives in this clip from his Keynote Address at Tulane University's 2013 Commencement held a...
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I agree - "our existence is based on hope." Delete the scoop?
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GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in...
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And now for some good news... Delete the scoop?
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just have a little faith in humanity :) Music: "Give a Little Bit" Written and Performed by Roger Hodgson Sites: http://www.RogerHodgson.com or http://www....
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When we see the world through friendly eyes, we catch people in all kinds of acts of love, generosity, and kindness. Delete the scoop?
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The ASSOCIATED PRESS MILWAUKEE -- It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president.
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A child's good idea, a vice president's hand-written response, and a bit more sweetness in the world. Delete the scoop?
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Lissa Rankin reassures you that you've already arrived; you're already enough.
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A good reminder that the spark of divinity within each of us is enough - without our having to single-handedly change the world, become uber-rich or super-famous. Delete the scoop?
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Food Tank has decided to highlight 24 TED talks specifically around food issues that we found compelling and worth sharing.
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There is so much hope in these talks - and it is founded on clear-eyed, hard-headed, informed commitment. Delete the scoop?
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Swimming among a pod of sperm whales in the North Atlantic is a dolphin with an S-shaped spine.
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Amazing and beautiful. This pod truly has adopted the dolphin. Unusual behaviour on both sides. Delete the scoop?
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Recent research discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process. This research points to ways that people can actively improve their moods and corroborates earlier research.
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We know intuitively that music affects us, but it's fun to read the results of research as well. Delete the scoop?
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Finding a dog that can fetch is hardly news.
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I'm grateful to Denise Brownlie for this link. Beautiful story. Delete the scoop?
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All too often, along the blurry borders of civilization and the natural world, it can seem our presence must come at the detriment to local wildlife. Delete the scoop?
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Environmentalists throughout the world have proposed bamboo farming as an alternative way to offset carbon emission from the human population.
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And here is someone who has been offsetting carbon for decades, starting with bamboo and planting a forest: http://thisgivesmehope.com/2013/05/12/665-jadav-mulai-payeng-planted-a-forest/ Delete the scoop?
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A child’s swimming pool. Shotgun shells. A mountain of tires. And a 3-foot alligator — cold but very much alive. All of the above —
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It's volunteers like these who will assure the river's future for their grandchildren. Delete the scoop?
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Leno struck viral gold with a gas station prank featuring the talented Will and Monifa Sims.
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And they're good! I was smiling all the way through it. Delete the scoop?
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Underwater photographer Rainer Schimpf spotted the whale off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is missing its dorsal fin and a right-side pectoral fin, leaving it unable to hunt for itself.
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Humans often think we are the only species that behave selflessly - wonderful to have reminders like this one that we are just part of the big family of life. Delete the scoop?
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An Illinois man who fell on hard times found the answer to all of his problems in a cookie jar. Delete the scoop?
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If you're ready for a hearty laugh, try this. Delete the scoop?
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An installation of creatively shaped benches in Belgium pushes the edge of urban sit-ability.
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What fun - changing the benches changes the interactions. Delete the scoop?
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I hope I would have the courage to do that too. Delete the scoop?
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When suicide, murder and loss marred her childhood, Nicky Gallas turned to a friend she could always count on. That friend was food. Food offered dependable comfort, year after year. With her 40th ... Delete the scoop?
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Six months after becoming the first sate to reject a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Minnesota will become the twelfth state to legalize it. 
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May 16, 2:03 AM
I am glad that same-sex marriage is going to be legalized in MN. Although I was already under the impression that it was legalized. When the amendment to ban same-sex marriage was rejected, I guess I assumed that it meant that same-sex marriage was legal by default. I was wrong apparently, but at least there wasn't much time in between the rejection to ban and th lagalization.
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The government is funding climate change education, hoping it will raise awareness and tempt young people into related careers
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After Cropper the fox was injured during a fight with a dog, he was near death. Luckily, Mike found him and he recovered beautifully. Now the two are besties. Delete the scoop?
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A pit bull saved his owner from a fire in her Long Island, NY, home on May 3, barking to alert her of the flames that would soon engulf her home. Delete the scoop?
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Thankfully, there are folks like John Joinson who are doing their part to keep those black and yellow bugs in the pink.
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Hats off to John Joinson for saving these bees. Delete the scoop?
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Hope isn't blind optimism. It's a sense of possibility—delight in the new and joy in creativity that characterizes our species. So let's break the good-news ban and become storytellers about real breakthroughs. (Below, don't miss my top ten go-to's.) I'm convinced that in the process, we will strengthen our capacity to incorporate and act on the bad news as well.
After all, it's only in changing the small stories that we change the big, dangerous story—the myth of our own powerlessness. Remember, what we do and say doesn't just influence our friends, but also our friends' friends and our friends' friends' friends (yes, research shows it goes three layers out).
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Yes! This is why I'm blogging for hope. I believe we are far better than we are given credit for in most reporting. Delete the scoop?
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