from - The Huffington Post

Quick question. Which storyline would you rather hear about?

Storyline #1 - tales about people being good, generous, helping each other to become their highest potential?

Storyline #2 - tales about people being caught up in danger, fear, conflict, failure - with lots of action packed violence and humiliation?

Far too many media outlets believe you won't find Storyline #1 nearly as exciting as Storyline #2 - and so media stories abound about how we humans are not very kind or moral. Or how we humans we create goals which are never fulfilled. Or how we humans keep trying to solve problems - only to keep failing.  read more »

From - IntentBlog

Instead of viewing spirituality as the holiest or the highest, what if we considered it to be a foundational coping skill, a guide for every action in our lives?

That’s just how the teachers at a unique program called Spirituality for Kids (SFK) view spiritual values—not as beliefs we adopt, but as skills we learn because they help us cope. They claim that spirituality can and should be taught; and that (in today’s harsh world) the people most in need of it are children.  read more »