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The Kindness Box

Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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Susan Spencer, Editor-in-Chief of Woman’s Day writes one of the magazine’s most popular columns, the Kindness Project, which showcases readers’ acts of kindness. As a result of the column, Spencer amassed hundreds of stories of kindnesses, and through compiling them and writing about them, found that she began to notice acts of kindness around her every day. “A man helping an elderly stranger into a seat on a bus,” she writes, “a bunch of zinnias from a community garden appearing on a sick neighbor’s doorstep.” And as she became more “attuned to kindnesses,” she found she was increasingly inspired to perform acts of kindness, herself.

When talking about “attuning” our awareness to kindness, I sometimes use the metaphor of a radio. Like radio signals, kindness signals are always there, but we’re not always tuned in enough to pick them up. When we’re trying to pick up a new station, it can be hard to tune the dial to just the right spot where we'll get the strongest signal. It takes practice for our awareness to be strongly enough attuned to easily see the opportunities around us, but the more we tune the dial to the kindness signal, the more we notice them. Then, the more we notice them, the more grateful we are for them, and the more opportunities we see to share kindnesses, ourselves.

Read the full article about the book here -

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/...365-ways-share-kindness-the-editor-womans-day

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From facebook:

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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sun rise said:
From Facebook:

"If you have to choose between being kind and being right, choose being kind and you will always be right."

Jewish Proverb
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Thanks - great minds think alike?

Here's another variation on the theme -

Asking “am I being kind?” is the ultimate tool for creating awareness. The next time you’re about to argue, complain, consume unhealthy food, yell at a loved one, or even litter, take a deep breath and inquire within: “am I being kind?” By pausing and internally posing this question, you will not only become more aware, you’ll begin to make kindness toward yourself and all of life a daily practice.

The rest is here -

Am I Being Kind?

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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Here is an article that lists quite a few blogs about kindness -

The Random Kindness Blog Tour is designed to shine the spotlight on blogs whose authors contribute to happiness in the world by maintaining a consistent positive focus. Such authors may write about random acts of kindness, for example, or offer self-help advice for cultivating a more positive outlook. Participation in the Tour consists of the following:

1. For an entire year, visit a different blog every day that has a positive focus;
2. Post a kind comment on each one, telling the author why you enjoyed it; and
3. Create a Random Kindness Blog Tour page on your own blog that lists each positive site you visit, with a brief description and link. This will help others to find positive blogs.

I am going to follow along with her idea and continuously update every day in 2014 as I visit new blogs. As Meg wrote, “Discovering them is part of the fun! I hope you’ll enjoy them too.”

The list can be accessed here -

Random Kindness Tour

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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The Habits Of Supremely Happy People -

Even though there are only 24 hours in a day, positive people fill some of that time doing good for others, which in return, does some good for the do-gooders themselves. A long-term research project called Americans’ Changing Lives found a bevy of benefits associated with altruism: “Volunteer work was good for both mental and physical health. People of all ages who volunteered were happier and experienced better physical health and less depression,” reported Peggy Thoits, the leader of one of the studies.

Givers also experience what researchers call “the helper’s high,” a euphoric state experienced by those engaged in charitable acts. “This is probably a literal “high,” similar to a drug-induced high,” writes Christine L. Carter, Ph.D. “The act of making a financial donation triggers the reward center in our brains that is responsible for dopamine-mediated euphoria.”

For the full article - click here -

21 Habits Of Supremely Happy People

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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Stefan Klein kindness - leads us here -

Research by Elizabeth Dunn at the University of British Columbia found that people given $50 who spend it on others are happier at the end of the day than people who spend it on themselves. The same goes for a work bonus of a few thousand dollars – even though, beforehand, people say they’d much prefer to spend the money on themselves. We are even happier when we remember buying things for others than when we remember buying things for ourselves. And the more generous we are in general – the more money we spend on gifts and donations – the happier we tend to be.

So giving is pleasurable, but what about helping? It might seem easier to spend money on others than to spend time on them, but it turns out both forms of kindness make us happier. A study of more than 3,000 people found that 95% of people feel good when they help someone, 53% of people feel happier and more optimistic, and those feelings last hours or even days for 81% of people. The “helpers’ high” is a real phenomenon.

A 2001 study found that regular volunteering increases happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and sense of control over life. And it works for young and old alike: black inner-city teens who tutor younger children have more positive attitudes toward the self, others, their education, and the future; and elderly people who volunteer are more satisfied with life.

Click here for a bunch of links & videos -

The benefits of kindness

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