@dylanraines

On a mission to create a wiser, more compassionately connected world at https://xitter.cf/t.co/jt1jWJWj7q

 St Joseph, MO
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Amazon deforestation in Brazil just hit its lowest level since records began in 1988. Also today: safe water reaches 3,000+ people and a school in Afghanistan, and India readies shelters ahead of Cyclone Arnab. open.spotify.com/episode/2cP… What gave you hope this week?
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Imagine there were a United Nations type organization for everyone, built like X/twitter, committed to humanitarian endeavors for improving human well-being. Join here to see what that looks like: thehumanfamily.org

Home | The Human Family

A global community where every person can discuss shared challenges, propose solutions, and work together for meaningful change.

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Imagine looking at the sky one early, early morning, and seeing this. Van Gogh was incredible. "A study published on October 22 in the open-access journal Scientific Reports argues that the painting's sky matches an actual pre-dawn view: a thin waning crescent Moon, the planet Venus, and the Hyades, a V-shaped star cluster in the constellation Taurus, gathered together in the eastern sky around July 22, 1889." thehumanfamily.org/p/starry-…

Was The Starry Night a Real Sky? Astronomers Point to a July Dawn in 1889 | The Human Family

In the early hours of a summer morning in 1889, Vincent van Gogh looked out from his window at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in southern France. What he saw…

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If you’ve been trying to build something for a long time, and feel it’s still just a dream ~ keep going. I think there are unique ideas and dreams we all have which run counter to the current norms of how things should be done. Bringing those things into reality is difficult, but those are also the things our world needs most. #DreamBig
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A nurse was killed answering an Ebola alert in DR Congo. Care is still the bravest work there is. Today on Humanitarian Explorer: that story, Gaza bakeries closing as food aid is cut, and Typhoon Champi. open.spotify.com/episode/0Ds… Who are you holding close today?
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Make things, and make things happen. Don’t allow fear of mistakes, or fear of others may thing, standing in the way of you creating what is within you to make.
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Peace usually arrives when we put something down, not when we pick something up. What's one thing you could set down today?
Still misty lake at dawn with a small wooden rowboat, pines and soft peach sky, with white text: Peace usually arrives when we put something down, not when we pick something up. Signed Dylan Raines.

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Five questions about purpose from this week: What was your last goal for? What do you keep noticing? What did your last week say you care about? What helps when direction goes missing? What is your community for? Which is hardest to answer honestly?
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Peace isn't the absence of noise. It's no longer arguing with it. Where's the one place you feel most at peace?
Quote card on cream background in deep green text: Peace isn't the absence of noise. It's no longer arguing with it. Signed Dylan Raines.

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Miss Clara makes ice cream "to make our town a happier, sweeter place to live." Some work exists simply to bring joy. That is no small thing. What simple joy are you sharing this weekend? A World of Possibilities: amazon.com/World-Possibiliti…
Illustration from A World of Possibilities: Miss Clara hands a delighted Anna a towering five-scoop ice cream cone while Grandpa grins and a white puppy sits by a stool.

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Contentment isn't settling. It's finally noticing what was already here. What's something ordinary you'd miss terribly if it were gone?
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I’m excited to introduce the Humanitarian Explorer podcast! Each morning, we explore humanitarian news across five areas: 💧 Clean Water 🍎 Food & Nutrition 📚 Education Access 🩺 Health & Wellness 🌿 Healthy Environment We look at the challenges people face and the work being done to help. My hope is to make it easier to stay informed, feel connected to our human family, and discover ways to make a difference. Listen and follow on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/54SDA3… Thank you for listening and sharing this new journey with me.

Humanitarian Explorer

Podcast · Dylan Raines · A daily five-minute briefing on the most important humanitarian news from around the world: clean water, food and nutrition, education access, health and wellness, and a...

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Enough is a feeling, not a number. What's one small thing that made today feel like enough?
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Most impatience isn't about time. It's about control. What's one thing you keep trying to hurry that just won't be hurried?
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Miss Bloom told Anna, "Flowers bring peace to our busy streets." She doesn't grow them just to sell roses. She grows them so a whole town has somewhere to pause and breathe. Some work is simply about giving others room to rest. Where do you go to pause?
Illustration: Anna leans in to smell a rose in Miss Bloom's large pink bouquet while a hummingbird and butterfly hover overhead and Grandpa smiles.

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A seed doesn't feel late. Only we do. What's something in your life you're tired of waiting on?
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Never. Stop. Trying.
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Compassion begins the moment we stop needing someone to deserve it. When was the last time someone was kind to you before you'd earned it?
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Mister Antonio put his hand over his heart and told Anna, "I cook large plates of pasta to gather the town." A meal shared turns strangers into friends. It gives people a place to belong. Most work carries a reason like that underneath it. We just forget to ask. Whose table made you feel like you belonged?
Illustration: chef Mister Antonio, hand on heart, beside a steaming plate of spaghetti and basil. Anna gazes up at him while Grandpa smiles and a brown dog peeks over the candlelit table.

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Most of us are kinder to strangers than to ourselves on a hard day. What's one thing you'd say to a friend that you rarely say to yourself?
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