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Native Plants and a Quiet Revolution in Relating to Land

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 24, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 24, 2026 "In nature, nothing exists alone." — Rachel Carson Native Plants and a Quiet Revolution in Relating to Land What was once dismissed as weeds is now flying off shelves at plant nurseries across the country, as gardeners rediscover that working with nature rather than against it offers something both practical and profound. At Chicago's Kilbourn Park, over 2,300 people lined up for the annual plant sale -- double the usual attendance -- with native species making up nearly one in five plants sold. "I've watche...
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Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 23, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 23, 2026 "Transformation literally means going beyond your form." — Wayne Dyer Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars In a greenhouse beside a low security women's prison in Washington state, incarcerated women are raising Taylor's checkerspot butterflies one by one, tracking egg clusters, monitoring larvae through months of growth, and contributing to the recovery of a species that has lost 97 percent of its habitat. For Margaret Taggart, who is serving a three-year sentence, the meticulous work as a Butterfly T...
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Lost Sheep

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This week's inspiring video: Lost Sheep Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week May 21, 2026   Lost Sheep   "Lost Sheep" is a paper, stop motion short film by Lukas Rooney that explores the symbolic struggles that any one of us may go through when we find ourselves feeling less than...
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Meeting the Man Responsible for Her Son's Death

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 21, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 21, 2026 "When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive." — Nelson Mandela Meeting the Man Responsible for Her Son's Death Joan Scourfield's son, James, died from a single punch over a pair of sunglasses, leaving her with nothing but rage and unanswered questions about the man who killed him. Through a restorative justice program, she eventually met Jacob Dunne, the man responsible for the fatal punch. In their face-to-face meeting, she found not the monster from the mugshot but "a vulnerable young...
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How a Kindergarten Teacher Became the Accidental Guardian of 200 King Penguins

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 20, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 20, 2026 "The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion." — Paulo Coelho How a Kindergarten Teacher Became the Accidental Guardian of 200 King Penguins When king penguins began nesting on Cecilia Durán Gafo's windswept Chilean farm in 2010, she watched tourists dress them in caps for selfies and saw the colony collapse from 90 birds to just eight within a year. The 72-year-old former kindergarten teacher began spending her days on the frozen beach with a thermos and sandwich, standing guard. "I’d spend the wh...
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The Story Only You Can Tell (+ June 7th!)

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A 21-day story challenge starts June 7 — plus Story Booth, KarmaTube Theatre, and ripples from the Flourish Pod  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ View in Browser Podmates on last month’s Born to Flourish orientation call The Story Only You Can Tell Every culture has a story. What’s the new one trying to emerge through yours? In 1953, a woman stepped onto an American highway with no money, no organizational backing, and no map. For the next twenty-eight years, she walked over 25,000 m...
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