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Ride It Out: How Cycling Helps Kids Focus

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 29, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 29, 2026 "We see in order to move; we move in order to see." — William Gibson Ride It Out: How Cycling Helps Kids Focus After Mike Sinyard, who has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), noticed that bike riding helped him focus, he founded the Specialized Bike Foundation, now Outride, whose “Riding for Focus” (R4F) program now is in 400 middle schools in the US and Canada. And it has had some astonishing results. P.E. teacher Ryan McKinney at Spooner Elementary School in Wisconsin, who began an R4F class as part of Out...
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The Power of Choosing YOU

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This week's inspiring video: The Power of Choosing YOU Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week May 28, 2026   The Power of Choosing YOU   If we don’t take care of ourselves, how can we truly care for others? It’s easy to fall into the habit of always putting others first, giving end...
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What I Learned After 3 Bereavements in a Row

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 28, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 28, 2026 "Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain." — Vivian Greene What I Learned After 3 Bereavements in a Row After losing her husband of 35 years, then her sister and father within months, Lisa Jackson felt stripped of identity, plagued by "What's the point?" thoughts. She tried everything -- gong baths, cold-water swimming, junk food, intermittent crying -- searching for a way back to her old happy self. Then she discovered something unexpected: tuning into h...
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Tornado's Legacy of Catastrophe Compassion, 15 Years Later

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 27, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 27, 2026 "Disasters do reveal our true colors, but more often than not, those are dazzling." — Jamil Zaki Tornado's Legacy of Catastrophe Compassion, 15 Years Later After a massive tornado displaced a third of the residents of Joplin, Missouri, and killed nearly 160 people in May 2011, stories of kindness and cooperation overwrote the tragedy - and still do. Almost 100,000 volunteers from nearly every state helped clean up debris and rebuild. Ranchers cooked for volunteers. A university dean, who lost his own home, set up cot...
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The Cab Driver Who Gets Paid with Time

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 26, 2026 "One day spent with someone you love can change everything." — Mitch Albom The Cab Driver Who Gets Paid with Time A taxi driver in Hiroshima keeps his daughter's graduation photo on the dashboard. It's a reminder of the choice that transformed their relationship. Years ago, when she was young, she told him something that pierced through everything: "I remember mom reading to me. I remember grandma cooking. I don't remember you." He was a well-paid engineer then, working late nights and weekends, but...
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A Hummingbird at Every Crossroads

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 25, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 25, 2026 "Don't make plans for life, because you might spoil the plans that life has for you." — Agostinho da Silva A Hummingbird at Every Crossroads Like the prolific hummingbird pollinator he loves, Vasco Gaspar flitted from singing in a band to studying psychology, happiness, mindfulness, meditation, and more, asking himself, “what is life wanting to live through you?” In meditation, he learned to wait, trusting his heart to alert him when something didn’t feel right such as a choice to give away a book instead of selling ...
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This Week in DailyGood ...

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 24, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 24, 2026 "Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer." — Rachel Joy Scott This Week's DailyGood Digest This past week's inspirations reveal the subtle threads of kindness and change weaving through our lives. We explored the profound nature of compassion, reminding us that it is the greatest form of love humans can offer. This sentiment was echoed in the transformative story of a  mother's forgiveness , where the act of forgiving the person responsible for her son's death hea...
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