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Extra Chairs in the Driveway

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Nov 11, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Nov 11, 2026 "You treat people with respect and dignity, and they are going to treat you that way, too." — Prakash Mathew Extra Chairs in the Driveway In Fargo, North Dakota, Prakash Mathew and his wife Jane had a beautiful garden people would often stop to admire. They made a point of writing down their visitors' names and would greet each by name the next time. Over time, they ...

The Hardest Word on the Card

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The Restless Mind, a free 7-day pod with Sapolsky, Santos, Salzberg, Mingyur Rinpoche and more, begins Nov 14  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ View in Browser In the spirit of Birmingham’s basement workshops, where ordinary people practiced the hardest word on the card The Hardest Word on the Card AI may perfect our systems. It still can’t sign the card for us. ...

What If We Stopped Treating Social Care Like a Service?

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Nov 10, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Nov 10, 2026 "Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care." — Theodore Roosevelt What If We Stopped Treating Social Care Like a Service? At Botton Village in North Yorkshire's moors, a philosophy researcher visits an old friend and finds something he didn't expect: a man transformed. Max, who had struggled to find his footing in conventional care arrange...

Her Wedding Was Canceled, So She Invited 11 Strangers to Ireland

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Nov 09, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Nov 09, 2026 "Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day." — Regina Brett Her Wedding Was Canceled, So She Invited 11 Strangers to Ireland When Bridget Devaney's engagement ended after her fiancé's medical emergency, she was left holding plans for a trip to Northern Ireland and a wedding day that would never come. Rather than abandon it ...

This Week in DailyGood ...

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Nov 08, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Nov 08, 2026 "Wisdom is not information gathered across years. It is relationship deepened across years." — Ernesto Van Peborgh This Week's DailyGood Digest Reflecting on this week's inspirations, we find ourselves amidst tales of enduring commitment and unexpected discoveries. We explored how college faculty and students are reviving local news , nurturi...

Four Men, Four Countries, One Rule

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Nov 08, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Nov 08, 2026 "Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive." — Thich Nhat Hanh Four Men, Four Countries, One Rule At a funeral for a man who never told anyone he was unhappy, the surviving friends sat around a table and talked about computer games. That detail -- precise and painful -- is where this essay begins, and it sets up everything that follows. Writer ...