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A Missed Goodbye, or Perhaps Not

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 27, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 27, 2026 "Ritual does for behavior what poetry does for words." — Rabbi Dennis Ross A Missed Goodbye, or Perhaps Not Ten years after her father’s passing, Swasti Bhattacharyya visited Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram in rural central India, a few miles from where she grew up. As a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, her father instilled a sense of belonging to the ashram, and Swasti was excited to reunite with the sisters she had known in childhood. She missed her father, and upon arrival at the ashram, found she had barely mi...

This Week in DailyGood ...

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 26, 2026 "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena." — Carl Sagan This Week's DailyGood Digest Reflecting on this week's daily inspirations, a gentle thread of compassion and creativity weaves through each story. This week, we explored the nuanced paths of human connection, where acts of  unconditional kindness taught us that true care extends beyond mutual affection. The return of the bison to Romania's Carpathian Mountains reminded us that our decisions shape the world as we witn...

Wild Swimmers Reducing Single-Use Plastics

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 26, 2026 "There is no such thing as 'away'. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere." — Annie Leonard Wild Swimmers Reducing Single-Use Plastics As England proposes thirteen new designated bathing water sites, a growing community of wild swimmers is becoming an unlikely force for environmental change. From the River Thames in London to Brighton's beaches, outdoor swimming has evolved from a fringe activity into a civic movement that's bringing together swimmers, councils, brands, and campaigners around a...

Doctor Adopts Boy Who Showed up to Surgery Completely Alone

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 25, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 25, 2026 "Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves." — Mason Cooley Doctor Adopts Boy Who Showed up to Surgery Completely Alone A five-year-old boy named True arrived for open-heart surgery with no parent, no guardian, no one to hold his hand through the fear. Dr. Amy Beethe, the pediatric anesthesiologist who couldn't stop looking at his face during the procedure, called her husband that night with an unexpected proposal: could they make this child their seventh child? What followed wasn't...

When a Simple Act of Kindness Got Complicated

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 24, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 24, 2026 "It's easy to care about people that care about you. You know, the challenge is caring about people that don't care about you." — Nate Walls When a Simple Act of Kindness Got Complicated When Nate Walls' barbecue catering company collapsed with the pandemic, he took what remained in his bank account and started knocking on doors, delivering free meals to anyone who needed it in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In one trailer park, a man opened the door aggressively and refused the food with a racist slur. Nate could h...

Localization: for People and the Earth

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This week's inspiring video: Localization: for People and the Earth Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Apr 23, 2026   Localization: for People and the Earth   Localization has become a force around the world, but what is it exactly and why are people disgruntled with globalizat...

A Century After Vanishing, a Gentle Giant Returns

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 23, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 23, 2026 "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." — Jane Goodall A Century After Vanishing, a Gentle Giant Returns A century after the last wild European bison was shot in the Carpathian Mountains, these gentle giants are returning home, and with them, the land itself is coming back to life. Through patient work with local communities, conservationists have reintroduced over 100 bison to Romania's Tarcu Mountains, where they now graze on young trees to create meadows a...