Inspiration

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Inspiring Dog and Monkey prove you can do anything, if you try

If you’ve ever said, “I can’t do it,” watch this monkey and dog make their way across the river on stepping stones. You can do anything if you only try!

Posted on Facebook by David Tan on Tuesday, 28 July 2015

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Recommended reading: my favorite books

These are books and stories that I’ve found useful or that are special to me. If they resonate with you too, please tell me in a comment. Disclaimer: if you buy one of these titles from Amazon, I will get a very small commission.

Social Justice

A Path Appears by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Noah: Born A Crime — Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

"The Daffodil Principle" — The Daffodil Principle by Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards

How To Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life — Dalai Lama: How To Practice, The Way to a Meaningful Life

Shaping Society

Personal Development

What Color is Your parachute 2013 — What Color Is Your Parachute? 2013 Edition

¿De qué color es tu paracaídas? (en español)

Keen Social Insights

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith — The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Health

Cure Tooth Decay: Heal & Prevent Cavities with Nutrition by Ramiel Nagel

Environment

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

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Quotes from the Dalai Lama

Here’s a compendium of the kind of deep quotes we love from the Dalai Lama (whom we also love). This is just a small sampling of what you’ll find there.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.

All living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them.