Vol. 3 Issue 20

As 2022 comes to a close, I want to thank you for sharing the past year with us. Our mission is to bring a little positivity to your inbox each week. It has been an honor and privilege to share these good news stories with you this year, and we look forward to continuing to bring you good news and positivity in the new year.

In His service, Chaplain Michelle

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The mission of Real Positive Vibes, RPV, is to help society move toward goodness, finding it within themselves by seeing it in others. RPV is a service of Church Builders Bible Training Center whose mission is to help each person discover their vision for life, find their passion, and focus their purpose. Our beliefs are interdenominational. We are unapologetic about our non-religious Christ-centeredness. Find out more: bibletc.com/vision

Make the Process, not the Product the Goal

The time for resolutions is upon us. It is natural at the end of the year, we reflect on the previous year and think about how we want the next year to go. But if you are anything like me, new year's resolutions can be difficult to keep.

Recently a friend helped me understand why that happens, and I want to share it with you. New Year's resolutions or goals that we make any time of year are about the end result. So we don't reward ourselves until we're finished. The trouble comes in if our goals take a long time to complete or circumstances get in the way. Now we have a bunch of effort, but we haven't completed our goal, so it feels wasted. Moreover, we can lose motivation to pursue our goals if completing them takes longer than we planned.

So here's your final homework for 2022: make the process the goal. For example, if you want to learn a new instrument or language, your goal should be regular practice. That way, every time you practice, you can give yourself a little reward and feel accomplished. Making the process the measurement for success means you'll have more drive to get through longer goals, and it will make weathering longer goals or unexpected circumstances. Change takes time, so make sure no matter what your goals are, in the new year, make sure you give yourself the time and regular motivation to achieve them.

Email us and let us know how it goes. We may feature you in a future issue.

Outreach

My Sister’s Closet

My Sister’s Closet of West Michigan, is a service of Church Builders Bible Training Center to survivors of domestic violence, former incarceration, or other devastating tragedy to meet the need of one of the three basic needs of survival, clothing. Find out more and how to volunteer here.

These Innovative Housing Projects Increase Affordability on a Major Scale

The Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) is one of the first international organizations to focus its efforts on homelessness as a global phenomenon, working especially to help those living on the street or in homeless shelters.

Their mission is to create a world where everyone has a home that offers security, safety, autonomy, and opportunity. IGH works toward that goal with an innovative mix of program interventions, well-coordinated local systems, and effective policies that can be scaled, connected, and accelerated internationally to reduce and end homelessness on the world stage.

Video: Wildlife crossings built with tribal knowledge drastically reduce collisions

In 1989, when the Montana Department of Transportation proposed a plan to address safety concerns on Montana’s notoriously dangerous Highway 93, their answer was to expand it to five lanes.

Community tribal members raised concerns about how such a road could pose more danger, not just for wildlife, but also for children and school buses that cross the highway. The protection of wildlife is also part of a generational duty that tribes take upon themselves to maintain a healthy ecosystem and nurture the connection to their culture.

So they came up with a different plan.

Taiwan is transforming unused metro stations into underground vertical farms | Euronews

In order to fulfill a high demand for sustainable, clean and organic food, Taiwan is looking for alternative spaces to grow vegetables.

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