Sometimes the best way to get happiness is to give it.
When you help others you are actually helping yourself too…it all depends on the frame of mind with which you perform the task. When you give of yourself without expectations of return, you expand in your ability to receive. It’s a win-win situation.
Some people believe that if you give, then you have less. Don’t be fooled by this fear-based thinking. Reasearch shows that people who consistently help and serve others enjoy better mental health, higher self-esteem, and lower stress. In addition, you’ll cultivate positive connections and interactions—making the world go around more easily.
Happily, the opportunities to give are endless. Pick up some trash, offer a kind word to a neighbor, pay for somebody’s meal, help move or carry a load, do some volunteer work, or just smile. As Flora Edwards says, “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.”
The next time you want to fill your heart, lend a hand!
Read more at http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/200911/helping-others
When you help others you are actually helping yourself too…it all depends on the frame of mind with which you perform the task. When you give of yourself without expectations of return, you expand in your ability to receive. It’s a win-win situation.
Some people believe that if you give, then you have less. Don’t be fooled by this fear-based thinking. Reasearch shows that people who consistently help and serve others enjoy better mental health, higher self-esteem, and lower stress. In addition, you’ll cultivate positive connections and interactions—making the world go around more easily.
Happily, the opportunities to give are endless. Pick up some trash, offer a kind word to a neighbor, pay for somebody’s meal, help move or carry a load, do some volunteer work, or just smile. As Flora Edwards says, “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.”
The next time you want to fill your heart, lend a hand!
Read more at http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/200911/helping-others
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