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The flip side of getting
Giving is what you do when you realize just how much you’re taking. Rabbi Rami | December 2011 Issue One way to understand the nature of giving is to talk with those whose lives are devoted to asking. Panhandlers and charity fundraisers will tell you it’s all about guilt. Prosperity preachers Read More...
The helper’s high
Why it feels so good to give. Sander van der Linden | December 2011 Issue For a significant part of human history, giving to those less fortunate has been regarded as a desirable behavior. One obvious reason, of course, is that even a small sacrifice may make a world of difference to someone else. Read More...
Shopping for good
An innovative website blends charitable giving with online shopping. Elizabeth Kelsey | December 2011 Issue Those hoping to fit shopping and charitable giving into their holiday budgets this year may find a solution in goodshop.com. Founded in 2007 by siblings Ken and J.J. Ramberg, the website Read More...
I’ll drink to that
A new supplement offers the mood-boosting properties of chocolate in a healthier, liquid form. Ursula Sautter | December 2011 Issue Chocolate makes you happy; we all know that. Unfortunately, it’s also rich in fat and sugar—so if you eat lots of it, you’ll feel pretty chirpy but pile on the Read More...
Beyond novels and neckties
It takes self-awareness and creativity to give presents people truly want. Why not try an intangible gift instead? Hanny Roskamp | December 2011 Issue There’s a giant vase in my living room. It is made out of magazines that are rolled up together like bamboo stalks. This is a lovely idea, and it Read More...
The art of trying
Trust the universe, and look forward to surprising yourself. Paulo Coelho | December 2011 Issue Pablo Picasso once said, “God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things.” When we start Read More...
Reflections on the generous life
How to share the power of generosity at home, at work and around the world. Mike Dickson | December 2011 issue For 30 years, most of us in the Western world have been having a party. We have been encouraged to be self-sufficient and independent, to become successful and rich, to search for true Read More...
Greet this moment as a friend
The benefits of Buddhist wisdom during difficult times. Sylvia Boorstein | September 2011 Issue In the Zen Buddhist tradition, teachers save their pithy instructions for their last breath in this life. As they’re dying, with their final-exhalations, they utter the culmination of their Read More...
Living in the gift
Why we need to restore a sense of the sacred to the economy. Charles Eisenstein | September 2011 Issue Today, we associate money with the profane and for good reason. If anything is sacred in this world, it is surely not money. Money seems to be the enemy of our better instincts, as is clear every Read More...
Ode to Hang Son Doong Vietnam
Journey to the center of the Earth Marco Visscher | October/November 2011 Issue If someone—a gloomy teenager, a cheerless ex-adventurer—sighs that everything has already been done, every place in the world already traversed, send him or her to Vietnam. The country’s numerous caves are Read More...