IT HELPS CULTIVATE GRATITUDE
An act of kindness elicits gratitude—and gratitude is good for you. According to all sorts of social science research, gratitude is associated with increased happiness, well-being, better relationships and even improved health.
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YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO OTHERS
A kind act binds you and another person together, however briefly, and helps highlight how we are all more alike than we are different.
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KINDNESS SPREADS
Researchers found that one act of kindness can have up to triple the social effect.
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YOU’LL ACHIEVE MORAL ELEVATION
According to Psychology Today, "the simple witnessing of others being kind can release the same 'feel good' chemicals that doing an act of kindness can produce." It's called "moral elevation"—and it's awesome.
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IT CAN CHALLENGE SOMEONE’S EXPECTATIONS—FOR THE BETTER
When comedian Sarah Silverman took time to show surprising kindness to an online troll, she transformed a stereotypically negative (and all too common) online exchange into a real, positive human connection. "You don't deserve punishment. You deserve support," she tweeted. The guy apologized—and she helped him get the medical treatment he needed.
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YOU’LL FEEL LESS ALONE
And so will the person you're helping out. Helping, giving and other prosocial or altruistic behavior affirms our place in a community and fosters our sense of belonging.
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IT’S AN EGO BOOST
Not that this is about you, but doing kind things helps your self-esteem. One study found that helping strangers, in particular, had lasting effects.
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KARMA
Whether or not you believe in karma, there's evidence all around us that putting kindness out into the world yields kindness in return.
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IT CAN RELIEVE STRESS
Again, so says science. Small gestures of kindness—even simply being polite—can help mitigate our own stress responses.
Get More Reasons to Practice Kindness Here
Get More Reasons to Practice Kindness Here
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