The Age of the Possible

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber. Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. June 5, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace And this is what I learned, that the world's otherness is antidote to confusion - that standing within this otherness - the beauty and the mystery of the world, out in the fields or deep inside books - can re-dignify the worst-stung heart. - Mary Oliver - The Age of the Possible "...the octopus with her body-shaped mind and her eight-arm embrace of alien realities, with her colorblind vision sightful of polarized light and her perpetually awestruck lidless eye can see shades of blue we cannot conceive."... In this hypnotic poem Maria Popova views the age of the Anthropocene from the perspective of the octopus. { read more } Be The Change Read Sy Montgomery's fascinating piece,"Deep Intellect," that explores the mind of the octopus. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story Big Picture Competition: Celebrating Earth's Diversity Two Words That Can Change a Life Live a Life Worth Living Thich Nhat Hanh: Ten Love Letters to the Earth On the Road with Thomas Merton Consciousness as the Ground of Being Mary Oliver: I Happened to Be Standing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 165,061 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More