The Power Of Kindness For Personal Happiness

The power of kindness is important to us all. We think that we are just being nice, but we are doing so much more at the same time. From lowering stress to boosting your mood, the power of being kind to others can be real. Just a bit of kindness each day can make a difference in how good we are going to feel.

There are many great benefits to being kind to those around us that can lead us to be happier and healthier at the same time. Some of the benefits of being kind according to happiness.com include:

Releases Feel-Good Hormones

When you take time out of your day to do something kind for another person, you can release happiness hormones throughout the body.

These can boost up your serotonin, which is the specific neurotransmitter that is responsible for feeling good and satisfied in life.

That is just the start though. Being kind to others can help your endorphin levels rise, leading to something that is known as a helper’s high. Only a few minutes a day can be enough to help you receive these benefits.

Reduces Anxiety

Another physical benefit of being kind to others is that it will help to lower your levels of anxiety. Social anxiety is associated with a low positive affect, which is going to be your experience of a positive mood.

In one four-week study on happiness that was done by the University of British Columbia, it was found that those who engaged in acts of kindness had a much higher level of PA for the duration of the study.

Helps Alleviate Illnesses

It is possible that being kind to others can help to alleviate some of the different illnesses that you may encounter in life.

To start, inflammation can occur in the body and it is often linked to several different health problems including migraines, obesity, diabetes, and chronic pain.

None of these are fun to deal with. Volunteering as an act of kindness could help to reduce the amount of inflammation found in the body.

One study took a look at how this worked for older adults ages 57 to 85. It found that volunteering helped give the strongest association with lower levels of inflammation.

When you are kind, your body will also release more oxytocin, which can reduce inflammation while balancing the chemicals in your heart. Overall, this can make the whole body stronger than before.

Reduces Your Stress

All of us have stress at some point in our lives. It is not fun and can cause us to be irritated and have a whole host of other conditions as well. When you take the time to do acts of kindness for other people, it will go a long way in reducing your levels of stress as well.

Helping others is a fantastic way for you to take yourself out of your mind and can make it easier to build strong relationships with others, both of which can reduce your levels of stress as well.

If you are chronically stressed, then take some time to help out others and see how that can help.

Final Thoughts

Kindness is not only good for other people and can help them out, but it can also be good for you.

While you should be altruistic and use kindness because you want to make the world a better place, there are so many benefits to the individual who decides to utilize kindness that it makes sense to step up and add it into your daily life for all the benefits.

Kindness absolutely matters because of what it gives to others.

But there is another side to it that deserves just as much attention: kindness changes the inner life of the person offering it.
That is where this topic becomes deeply personal.

Kindness is not only a moral trait. It is not only a social value. It is also a powerful path to personal happiness.

That may sound simple, almost too simple. In a world that constantly pushes achievement, status, productivity, image, speed, and competition, kindness can seem almost small. It can look soft. It can feel secondary.

Many people unconsciously place it in a category of “nice, but not essential.” They may admire kindness in theory but organize their lives around pressure, ambition, efficiency, and self-protection. Then they wonder why they feel empty even when they are doing all the “right” things.

The truth is that happiness is rarely built through constant striving alone.

Happiness is not only a result of getting more. Sometimes it is a result of becoming different. And kindness changes who we become.

I suggest that you take the time to think about the ESSENCE of what makes you FEEL GOOD, what makes you feel happy, what makes you feel a success, what makes you feel loved.

And plan ways to have or do more of those things in the year ahead.

And get yourself ORGANIZED... time management is crucial... don't waste time and energy... make the effort to write down your activities and plans... measure, monitor and track how effective you are... ponder how to become better... and you WILL!

And get yourself a beautiful and inspiring Personal Journal. Yes, like one of the ones I have designed for you. They work. They make you happy. Use them.

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