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Introducing Story Booth — Where Stories Are Witnessed ...

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Someone tells the truth about their life while others sit and listen. We turn it into a story here on DailyGood.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ a project of ServiceSpace View in Browser A New DailyGood Project Story Booth A machine can generate endless words. It can’t live a life, or tell you the truth of one. Dear Friends, For nearly 30 years, DailyGood — a project of ServiceSpace — has shared a daily dose of good news with more than 138,000 readers. We’d love to introduce you to something new it has been building: Story Booth . We’re surrounded by more words than any generation befo...

KAMOME (Seagull)

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This week's inspiring video: KAMOME (Seagull) Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Jul 02, 2026   KAMOME (Seagull)   What would it take to prove just how much we have in common? This is the inspiration behind the film "KAMOME" made to show the auspicious friendship between the ci...

The Circle That Will Not Close

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jul 02, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jul 02, 2026 "The essence of all things is emptiness." — Eckhart Tolle The Circle That Will Not Close When Shoukei Matsumoto led a simple floor-sweeping exercise at a gathering, he noticed nearly everyone had the same story running through their minds: "Am I doing this right? Faster. Get it done." Beneath that voice, Matsumoto notes, is an ethos of optimization. "The word optimization, by itself, is empty. You always optimize toward something. Toward 'clean,' when sweeping. Toward 'results,' at work. Th...

The 'Civic Hour' in France

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jul 01, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jul 01, 2026 "Generosity is a renewable energy." — Atanase Périfan The 'Civic Hour' in France When a French civil servant read that an elderly woman in Paris had been deceased in her apartment for four months before anyone noticed, he didn't just shrug and move on with his day -- he asked what kind of society allows that to happen, and then quietly set about changing it. The result is l'Heure Civique ("Civic Hour"), a growing movement across France that asks nothing more of its volunteers than an hour a mont...

How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 30, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 30, 2026 "When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive." — Nelson Mandela How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most After Maria Breaux's brother David -- known as "the Compassion Guy" in Davis, California, after 14 years of collecting definitions of compassion from strangers -- was stabbed to death as he slept on a park bench, she discovered a message he had left her: "If I'm ever harmed or unable to speak for myself, forgive the perpetrator and help others forgive that person....

Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 29, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 29, 2026 "Life is not a backdrop to our politics or technologies. Life is the central reality we are called to serve." — Nancy Roof Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week Mike Coffman, a U.S. military veteran who held many government offices, and is the current mayor of Aurora, Colorado, spent a week in homeless encampments to learn from the inhabitants. As mayor, he didn’t talk about it, or hire consultants to study it; he went to see and listen to people first hand. As “Homeless Mike,” he slept “covered with a tar...