1. Man’s amazing reunion with the sweet Boxer dog he rescued off the streets on Dog Heirs.
2. the art of the deep yes (my TedxOlympicBlvdWomen talk) from Justine Musk.
3. Good stuff from Brene’ Brown: This Gives New Meaning to Bear Hug! An RSA Short Animated by Katy Davis and We’re doing it again! More courage and more art journaling eCourses!
4. 2013 Annual Review: Introduction and Invitation on The Art of Non-Conformity.
5. My fellow teachers: Are you transmitting wisdom or are you explaining it? from Susan Piver.
6. How to See if Your Images are Being Used on Other Websites.
7. Wisdom from Kris Carr, “Acceptance is different from quitting. It means that no matter what happens, you won’t abandon yourself in your time of need.”
8. Wisdom from Thich Nhat Hanh, “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
9. Creative Compulsive Disorder: Remembering Zina Nicole Lahr on Colossal.
10. 30 Naughtiest Dogs: You’ll Crack Up When You Find Out What They Did on Viral Circus.
11. Here’s How Elizabeth Gilbert (Bestselling Author of Eat, Pray, Love) Writes on Copyblogger.
12. Make space for your future to show up from Danielle LaPorte.
13. My Body is My Guru, a great series from Kristin Noelle.
14. How Meditation Can Help Heal Our Relationship with Food from Eat 2 Love.
15. He Was Found Freezing And Dying. Yet Somehow The Last Photo Made My Entire Year. on Viral Nova.
16. don’t should all over yourself from Chookooloonks.
17. I Will Disappoint You from Rachael Rice.
18. This Guy Traveled The Country In A Pink Tutu Just To Make His Wife Laugh During Chemo on Buzzfeed. Also on Buzzfeed, 20 Ecstatic Shelter Dogs On Their Way Home For The First Time.
19. Gifts for lucky passengers keep on giving for WestJet.
20. The Light Bearer from Just Lara.
21. Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius,
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
22. 34 Animals With Their Adorable Mini-Me Counterparts on Bored Panda. I will add two of my own.
Sam and Hulu
Riley and Obi
23. Invisible Child from The New York Times.
24. Good stuff from MindBodyGreen: 4 Questions To Ask Before Updating Your Facebook Status and 25 Ways You’re Too Hard On Yourself.
25. Top Five Tips for Thriving During the Holidays from Courtney Putnam.
26. Man Walks All Day to Create Massive Snow Patterns on My Modern Met.
27. How to practice by yourself.
28. The most touching Mandela tribute came from the least expected place.
29. Strange and Improbably Animal Friendships!
30. your daily rock : fragile, yet resilient, and your daily rock : detach from outcome, and your daily rock : stay close. Also from Patti Digh on 37 Days, How To Survive The Holidays. She also has a new book, The Geography of Loss.
31. Tips for Creating a Mindful Home.
32. Why the cult of hard work is counter-productive.
33. Kid President Shares Your Things We Should Say More Often
34. 20 Real Hilarious and Clever Notes From Children.
35. daring adventures in love + loss from Mati Rose.
36. Casual Predation: To know a predator, you must know what it is to be prey on Medium.
37. 25 Vegetarian recipes you can cook in under 30 minutes from Tree Hugger.
38. A Method to Find Balance from Zen Habits.
39. {this moment} from SouleMama. If we moved the guitar, there’d be room for me on the daybed.
40. This Is Scientific Proof That Happiness Is A Choice on Huffington Post.
41. Good stuff from Tiny Buddha: We All Need Alone Time: Do You Allow Yourself to Recharge? and 20 Ways Sitting in Silence Can Completely Transform Your Life.
42. 6 Traits of Happy Creatives on Scoutie Girl.
43. Show Your Work! Book Trailer from Austin Kleon.
44. Good stuff from Elephant Journal: 8 Photos of New Yorkers Most People Don’t See and 7 Things You Can Do to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder.
45. Wisdom from Anne Lamott on Facebook, (she’s such a beautiful mess).
46. It’s Eric’s 46th birthday today.
47. Man emerges from bunker 14 years after Y2K scare.
48. My Note from the Universe this morning, “Being happy now, Jill, is always more important than any new dream coming true later.”
49. The care and feeding (and shunning) of vampires from Seth Godin.
50. 24 Rules For Being A Human Being In 2014 on Thought Catalog.
Open Space Practice, (AKA: A Thousand Shades of Gray) 