The Kingdom Outside Us!

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 25, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 25, 2026 "No algorithm can replace bare feet touching the earth and a heart that listens to the heartbeat of the ecosystem." — Chau Quang Duong From Soil to Soul Permaculture farmer Chau Quang Duong explains how the microbes that support life make up only 5% of the organic matter in living soil. Using artificial means, such as chemicals, for speed and efficiency can readily destroy those microbes making the soil dry, hard, and lifeless. In the same way, Chau cautions, when we give up our inner wisdom in total reliance on AI in th...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 24, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 24, 2026 "Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help." — May Sarton The Miniforest Movement Gains Ground in the U.S. A 50-year-old Japanese planting method is quietly reshaping vacant lots, schoolyards, and parking strips across the United States -- not through large-scale industrial effort, but through the hands of neighbors who show up on a Saturday to tuck seedlings into carefully prepared soil. Developed by botanist Akira Miyawaki, the method skip...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 23, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 23, 2026 "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." — Hans Hofmann A Legal Secretary Rode the Subway to Work for 67 Years. Nobody Knew She Had $9M. For 67 years, Sylvia Bloom rode the subway to work, lived in a rent-controlled apartment, and walked through blizzards at 96 rather than hail a cab -- all while quietly building a $9 million fortune by mirroring her bosses' stock trades on a secretary's salary. "She was a secretary in an era when they ran their boss' ...

This week's inspiring video: The Lost Forest Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Oct 22, 2026   The Lost Forest   An international team of scientists and explorers, lead by Dr. Julian Bayliss, go on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to reach a forest in which no human has s...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 22, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 22, 2026 "By catering to her attention I’ve learned how to see the world with fresh wonder." — Liam Heneghan Notes From a Full-Service Grandad When Liam Heneghan became a grandfather, he made a quiet promise: to be fully present in his granddaughter's life. Unlike his years as a busy father, when work and responsibilities often had pulled him away, he now devotes two full days each week to caring for his granddaughter, sharing in the ordinary rhythms of childhood. A Dublin-born ecologist, Heneghan finds himself rediscovering ...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 21, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 21, 2026 "You hear the call? The call is real. It doesn't mean you're anything special or different — we all have the call. But when you hear it, be loyal to it. Stick to it. Have confidence in yourself." — Emanuel Kuntzelman The Call Is Real Emanuel Kuntzelman has a special relationship with trees. Sitting in an apple tree at the early age of six, he decided to dedicate his life to serving the universe. Under an oak in college, he formulated an idea to unite people in a common purpose. Reading under a weeping willow, the...