Watching this clip could well be the best thing you will do today. Cynthia Sciberras, a Sydney photographer and Wayside Chapel volunteer, has made this short film as a gift to Wayside. The 15-minute clip gives a rare insight into life behind the scenes at Sydney's beloved Wayside and glimpse into the true meaning of unconditional love.

In the final days of 2011 - a year of trouble of turmoil - take a breath, stop, and allow David Attenborough to remind you just how wonderful our world is.

Fox News has declared war on the Muppets for attempting to 'indoctrinate' children with liberal values.The villain of the latest Muppet film is an oil magnate called Tex Richman and Fox News has taken umbrage at the inference is something wrong with being wealthy or drilling for oil.

Meet Marcel. Marcel is a shell with one eye and two shoes. You should know that Marcel has a lot of personality. You should spend some time with Marcel, you won't regret it.

In Western culture death is often feared. The industry of denying the aging process and the proclivity of the baby boomer generation to 'spend the inheritance' and live like it's 1999 is using up the earth's resources at an alarming rate.

See this this young woman? she is pregnant but if she lives in Sub-Saharan Africa there is a 1 in 30 chance she will die in childbirth. Why is maternal health so important and what impact does it have on the life and health of mums and babies? How can we protect women from needless death? Millenium Development Goal 5 is to improve maternal health and reduce by three quarters the proportion of women dying in childbirth.

Read more about the problem and the solution at Micah Challenge.

Today the world has lost a creative giant in Steve Jobs. His creations both at Apple and Pixar can truly be called visionary. Who could have predicted that technology could inspire do much love and dedication as what Apple commands? Who could have imagined a world in which we carried with us tiny little iDevices in which we stored our lives?

So much about Japanese culture is deeply impressive but this perhaps takes the cake. Take it away synchronized male gymnasts.

This beautiful little girl in Brazil was too shy to smile for the camera and hid her cleft lip behind her teddy. A volunteer at Operation Smile caught the moment she saw her new smile for the first time, still sore and swollen from surgery. Her eyes say it all.

Have you said something nice today?