How do you define kindness? Maximum people would spontaneously answer that being kind means doing nice things for other people. Others might add that kindness includes being kind to oneself. Is it difficult to be kind?
No. It’s easy.
It’s so easy that sometimes we do not realize how simple it can be.
What’s kindness?
Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and thoughtful. It’s the quality of being gentle, caring, and helpful.
The main sources of kindness are empathy and compassion, which we feel not only towards others but also ourselves.
Kindness also affects personal health. The results of a certain study showed that kind people experience lower levels of anxiety and stress. At the same time, they described being in a healthier mood and having a strikingly better ability for self-compassion and an increased level of life satisfaction.
Is it good?
An investigation conducted among adults specifies that conscious acts of kindness and being mindful of kindnesses shown by others have an optimistic impact on mental health, including a better mood, increased level of happiness, and an advanced level of life satisfaction.
Practicing compassion, on the other hand, is correlated with an better level of positive effect, the feeling of belonging, and an improved level of personal resources, such as physical health, having a purpose in life, self-acceptance, mindfulness and positive relationships with others.
Is it contagious?
It has been known for some time that good and bad emotions are It has been recognized for some time that good and bad emotions are transmissible. Children who perceive their parents doing acts of kindness display a more solid tendency to be kind. Furthermore, if the same standards are observed at school and among peers, being kind becomes second nature.
Conclusion
It’s nothing new that kindness, like a boomerang, comes back to the kind person. People have known it for centuries, which is reflected in all ancient scriptures. Nowadays, we’ve scientific proof that good deeds, as well as kindness towards others and oneself, make our lives complete, purposeful, and happy.
A little act of kindness can go far.
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