Acts of Kindness

Acts of Kindness


Today I will open to acts of kindness from either the giving or receiving end. When I demonstrate kindness, whether to a person or an animal, I experience a shift in my own mind and body, a change in me. When I receive an act of kindness, the same thing happens, something in me grows soft and my level of contentment increases. Even witnessing someone showing goodness, kindness or appreciation creates a wonderful awareness or feeling inside of me. Kindness changes the quality of the moment, the quality of my day, the peace and serenity I experience within and around me.
I am open to random acts of kindness
According to research, anyone who is on the receiving end of an act of kindness, or any person who performs and act of kindness, experiences an increase in levels of serotonin and their immune system is elevated. And not only are those directly involved in acts of kindness benefited, the observer of an act of kindness also experiences an increase of serotonin and their immune system is elevated.
In each case it’s like “a dose of an anti-depressant

@ Tian Dayton PhD
From Forgiving and Moving On, The Soul’s Companion, One Foot in Front of the Other, Health Communications