Doing good has never felt so good.
Have you ever felt extremely happy and proud because you surprised someone with THE perfect gift? Have you ever felt even more excited than they were, and you couldn’t wait to give them your present? And then they opened it. You saw the sheer joy slowly appear on their face. They just couldn’t believe how amazing this gift was. Even better than what they had ever imagined. And there you were, with pink cheeks actually hurting from all the smiling.
This is the magic of acts of kindness. It makes both the receiver and the giver feel good.
This is because it fulfills the individual’s need for love, acceptance and closeness as well as a feeling of competence. Researchers in positive psychology have even decided that it can be used as an intervention to help boost people’s positive affect and well-being as well as reduce their negative affect.
This month, we encourage you to perform acts of kindness and altruism because they are a great way to spread abundance into the world. Abundance of kindness, happiness, well-being, gratitude, wealth, … And who knows, maybe this will inspire the receivers to do good and create a chain of kindness.
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. – Scott Adams
Those acts can be everything and anything. So, let’s get kind, altruistic and creative! You can boost the positive effects by doing more than one act of kindness a day and doing different acts. Lastly, you have to make sure that you don’t feel forced or coerced as it will take away all the positive emotions that normally comes with those acts. You know, this feeling when you HAVE TO gift a present to someone you don’t really want to?! Yeah, that’s definitely not the feelings we’re trying to foster here!