The Kingdom Outside Us!

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 07, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 07, 2026 "Yoda did not give Luke the force. He taught him to awaken the force that was already present in him." — Veena Howard A Yellow Sari on a Busy Street A mother in a bright yellow sari leaps from a rickshaw in Muradabad, India, and places herself between a stranger and the child he's beating. "Brother," she says, "please don't hit him — he's too young to understand his mistake." Her daughter watches, terrified and embarrassed, certain the man will turn his rage on her mother. Instead, he stop...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 06, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 06, 2026 "What we feel inside doesn’t stop at the skin. We are constantly broadcasting, and it has measurable impacts on those around us." — Rollin McCraty Still Holding Hands, Seven Decades Later In fifth grade, a young girl named Irene was so utterly taunted and humiliated by other students and her teacher, she couldn’t stop crying or even look up. The only thing her classmate, Ruth Pittard, could think of to let her know she had “heard her tears” and was “with” her, was to take her hand, and hold it firmly. No words. Decades l...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 05, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 05, 2026 "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." — Swami Sivananda Hot Chocolate for a Stranger's Pain Paul Byrne stumbled out of a clinic, tearing up from the agony of a back injury so severe he could barely walk. Desperate for something to calm him down, he spotted a chocolate shop. Looking "absolutely awful," he was immediately asked by the barista what was wrong. The barista went on to make him a comforting hot chocolate served with chocolates on a plate. Whe...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 04, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 04, 2026 "Because life does not merely coexist. It develops. We do not only belong to one another; we partly become through one another." — Ernesto Van Peborgh 3 Types of Friendships Ross Channing Reed, through philosophical counseling, recognizes the importance of friends in self-knowledge, reason, character development, and morality. You cannot objectively observe yourself in the way your friends can who provide a different perspective. “They help us get to know ourselves.” Referencing Aristotle, “The friend is a mirror that he...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 03, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 03, 2026 "Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit." — Andrei Sakharov This Month's DailyGood Digest In the quiet spaces between our daily lives, stories emerge that reflect our deepest humanity and resilience. For 100 days in Austria, a former pilot glides beyond words as a personal caregiver, finding depth in the wordless presence of life's closing chapter. With an inner lens on adversity, a meditation teacher recalls participating in a ...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - May 03, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires May 03, 2026 "Strong people don't put others down ... They lift them up." — Michael P. Watson London’s Unique Charity-Led Restaurant Gets a Makeover A London restaurant has reopened as 130 Primrose, a registered charity where people who have experienced homelessness receive paid work, accredited training, and six-month contracts in fine dining. MasterChef judge Monica Galetti has joined as executive chef and trustee, bringing her culinary expertise to a project that has already helped sixteen people move through its doors -- five...