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Good News Network

Do you ever feel like everything you hear on the news just makes you anxious and upset?

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The Good News Network agrees. It is a website that only posts and shares good news. The site founders feel that sometimes the media can be unbalanced because often, it portrays the bad side of life. The site mentions the quote: “If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation.” – Norman Cousins

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Morning Coffee: Gratitude

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Did you know that thinking about what you are grateful can be like a cup of coffee and motivate you to get you through the day? It can also make you feel closer to people you feel grateful for especially in romantic relationships. This video from a spiritual leader, Brother David, can help you relax and think about the role gratitude plays in your life. If interested, check out his website: gratefulness.org which talks about gratefulness as a “a universal practice that fosters personal transformation, cross-cultural understanding, interfaith dialogue, intergenerational respect, nonviolent conflict resolution, and ecological sustainability.”

Try writing down in a journal what you feel grateful for! If there are things you feel grateful for about your child, share it with them – it will help to strengthen your relationship. How did you feel afterwards? Let us know in the comments!

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Content adapted from: OSU Mind-Body Stream

Compassion

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

– Leo Buscaglia

Positive quote of the day

“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” – Theodore Roosevelt

Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) – July 22, 2012 by cseeman CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

— what does this quote mean to you? let us know below —

Tranquil

“The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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Happy Zucchini Muffins

(from allrecipes.com)

Are these Happy Apple Zucchini Muffins as good as they look? If you try them out, let us know how they were below! Do you have links to other recipes that make you happy?