Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Sunday, 13 July 2008 19:00 | 
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A Jewish man walked into the Lingerie Department of Macy's in New York. He tells the saleslady, 'I would like a Jewish bra for my wife, size 32A.'
With a quizzical look the saleslady asked, 'What kind of bra?'
He repeated, 'A Jewish bra. She said to tell you that she wanted a Jewish bra and that you would know what she wanted.'
Published on Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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While love may conquer all, it
won't survive an in-depth interrogation about a partner's recycling
habits on the first date advises Anna Shepherd
Once you've been together a few years (in my case make that eight) you reach a point in your relationship when you can happily hurl abuse at your loved one if he (or she) so much as leaves the tap on a for a moment longer than is necessary to rinse a plate or dampen a toothbrush. By then, the extent of your eco-fascism will have been revealed. But at the beginning, my advice would be to take it slow.
Published on Friday, 11 July 2008 18:01 | | |
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Arctic photographer Norbert Rosing was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in
Published on Friday, 11 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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At a low point in his life Russ
Gray turned his back on the ethos of 'a pill for every ill' and found
relief in Emotional Freedom Technique
Not so long ago I found myself in a catastrophic state of life due to debt, my mother suffering from Alzheimer’s, coping with an emerging family from a previous marriage, a new job where I needed to hold it together and prove myself, and a whole sequence of other events that immersed me in anxiety, fear, massive depression and paranoia. This put a huge amount of pressure on my relationships. Things got so bad I thought I was becoming demented at one point!
Published on Thursday, 10 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Can we learn to be optimistic and 'unlearn' pessimism? According to one of the world's leading psycohologists, we can.
By Geraldine Royds
'Optimism is hope,' says Dr Martin Seligman. 'It is not the absence of suffering. It is not always being happy and fulfilled. It is the conviction that though one may fail or have a painful experience somewhere, sometime, one can take action to change things.'
Published on Tuesday, 08 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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In a village in northern Ghana, poor farmers are discovering the true cost of biofuel production.
A short film from ActionAid
Published on Thursday, 03 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Blek Le Rat has elevated graffiti to a genuine art form says Geraldine Royds
A legendary figure in street art, French Graffitti artist Blek Le Rat was born Xavier Prou in Paris in 1951. His unique, complex and intelligent work first began appearing on the streets in the 1980s, and began with thousands of rats scampering through the centre of Paris before invading other French cities.