Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Youtube the power of kindness -
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Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Love this one too -
All the best!
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Kindness in action ...
Cheers!
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Guardian newspaper kindness - quite a few? -
In the age of hysteria, polarisation and antagonism, it’s a relief to know that simple acts of kindness are not a thing of the past.
The Guardian’s Upside series asked its readers to write in this summer with stories of the kindness of strangers. Here is the best from the mailbag.
More on this page -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/upside-kindest-thing-i-ever-saw
Enjoy your day!
In the age of hysteria, polarisation and antagonism, it’s a relief to know that simple acts of kindness are not a thing of the past.
The Guardian’s Upside series asked its readers to write in this summer with stories of the kindness of strangers. Here is the best from the mailbag.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/upside-kindest-thing-i-ever-saw
Enjoy your day!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
That same site - doing good does you good -
Doing good or altruism is when we put other people’s needs before our own. This could be by offering your seat on a bus to someone who might need it more than you or making a cup of tea for someone at work.
Evidence shows that helping others can have a positive effect on your own mental health and wellbeing. For example, it can reduce stress as well as improve mood, self-esteem and happiness.
Doing good does you good
Doing good or altruism is when we put other people’s needs before our own. This could be by offering your seat on a bus to someone who might need it more than you or making a cup of tea for someone at work.
Evidence shows that helping others can have a positive effect on your own mental health and wellbeing. For example, it can reduce stress as well as improve mood, self-esteem and happiness.
Doing good does you good
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Doing good for other people happiness - esp the exploring your mind site -
When we try to do good for our neighbors, whether through thought, feeling, or deed, we’re automatically paving the way for our own happiness.
That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to the way we think, feel, and act. We have to keep in mind that what we do has the power to change the consequences we will face in the future.
Giving a glass of water in exchange for a glass of water only “fulfills” the law of reciprocity. True magnanimity consists of returning actions that are worth much more.
Do Good for Others, and You Will Find Happiness - Exploring your mind
When we try to do good for our neighbors, whether through thought, feeling, or deed, we’re automatically paving the way for our own happiness.
That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to the way we think, feel, and act. We have to keep in mind that what we do has the power to change the consequences we will face in the future.
Giving a glass of water in exchange for a glass of water only “fulfills” the law of reciprocity. True magnanimity consists of returning actions that are worth much more.
Do Good for Others, and You Will Find Happiness - Exploring your mind
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Kindness has the ability to transform our surroundings, and this transformation is beneficial for both those who practice it and everyone else. Kindness is an act of love and respect that helps create a better life, a life full of hope and happiness.
Being kind makes us feel better and makes those around us feel better too. Adopting it is much more than just being nice or showing empathy. There are so many other benefits of being kind.
By cultivating kindness we are also planting seeds of tenderness and compassion, emotions that make us look at others and do something for them.
The many benefits of being kind
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Being kind makes us feel better and makes those around us feel better too. Adopting it is much more than just being nice or showing empathy. There are so many other benefits of being kind.
By cultivating kindness we are also planting seeds of tenderness and compassion, emotions that make us look at others and do something for them.
The many benefits of being kind
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
30 Days of giving -
Luke was an incredibly brave, strong and inspirational boy who lost his life to a brain tumor (a type of cancer known as DIPG with no cure) in September 2009. He is the son of my friend since the age of 3, Janet Wallace Pollok. Janet has also been as inspirational as Luke was, in fact a warrior who has brought Luke’s fight to cancer and said, “You’re not going to take everything!”
First Day – 30 Days of Giving
All the best!
Luke was an incredibly brave, strong and inspirational boy who lost his life to a brain tumor (a type of cancer known as DIPG with no cure) in September 2009. He is the son of my friend since the age of 3, Janet Wallace Pollok. Janet has also been as inspirational as Luke was, in fact a warrior who has brought Luke’s fight to cancer and said, “You’re not going to take everything!”
First Day – 30 Days of Giving
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Today I love helping people, even if it is just by making them laugh when I can. I love that in my other blog I occasionally get to offer advice to commenters who are often seeking the comfort of understanding. I love that i get to write these two blogs. I love that it is apparently going to be raining for most of today and that I’ve already been party to some funny comments on social media about showers and rain and hygiene. I love a good clean hygiene joke. I love that I’m not in the least sorry about that last statement. I love that the temperature is supposed to warm up even more in the next couple of days and I am looking forward to sitting out front on the wooden chairs we put together last year. I love that we stained them Rock The Boat blue and we’re still happy about that.
Comes from this blog -
Today I love Helping People
Cheers!
Comes from this blog -
Today I love Helping People
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Another site from recent days ..
So with the power of kindness in mind, here are some of my favorite quotes from our blog archive that I often re-read just to remind myself to treat people a little better than necessary:
Read the quotes here -
15 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Treat People
It looks a huge site from first impressions!!!
Enjoy!
So with the power of kindness in mind, here are some of my favorite quotes from our blog archive that I often re-read just to remind myself to treat people a little better than necessary:
Read the quotes here -
15 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Treat People
It looks a huge site from first impressions!!!
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
How to ruin your life - 40 guaranteed ways -
View kindness as weakness and approach kind people with a "survival of the fittest" mentality.
Not you? No problem. Let people who think like this walk all over you and use your gentle nature as proof that you are a doormat.
40 Guaranteed Ways To Ruin Your Own Life (Without Noticing It)
Wishing you all the best!
View kindness as weakness and approach kind people with a "survival of the fittest" mentality.
Not you? No problem. Let people who think like this walk all over you and use your gentle nature as proof that you are a doormat.
40 Guaranteed Ways To Ruin Your Own Life (Without Noticing It)
Wishing you all the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Embracing a lifestyle of kindness - one of many blogs -
I didn't develop a lifestyle of kindness on my own. One day while walking around my neighborhood in Manizales, Colombia, I listened to a podcast featuring Leon Logothetis. A former investment broker turned kindness guru, Leon traveled across continents living on the kindness and generosity of strangers. At the end of the podcast, I learned about his book, Go Be Kind.
Once I arrived home, I immediately ordered the book, which contained 28.5 kindness adventures, each designed to push readers out of their comfort zones and develop a lifestyle of kindness. I resolved to do each challenge, no matter how uncomfortable I became. The experiences were all the more daunting because I was living in a city where few people spoke English.
Embracing a Lifestyle of Kindness | HealthyPlace
Cheers!
I didn't develop a lifestyle of kindness on my own. One day while walking around my neighborhood in Manizales, Colombia, I listened to a podcast featuring Leon Logothetis. A former investment broker turned kindness guru, Leon traveled across continents living on the kindness and generosity of strangers. At the end of the podcast, I learned about his book, Go Be Kind.
Once I arrived home, I immediately ordered the book, which contained 28.5 kindness adventures, each designed to push readers out of their comfort zones and develop a lifestyle of kindness. I resolved to do each challenge, no matter how uncomfortable I became. The experiences were all the more daunting because I was living in a city where few people spoke English.
Embracing a Lifestyle of Kindness | HealthyPlace
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Kindness achievement
First 2 catch my attention -
Anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for their kids, more than 90 percent say one of their top priorities is that their children be caring. This makes sense: Kindness and concern for others are held as moral virtues in nearly every society and every major religion. But when you ask children what their parents want for them, 81 percent say their parents value achievement and happiness over caring.
Read more here -
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
Enjoy!
First 2 catch my attention -
Anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for their kids, more than 90 percent say one of their top priorities is that their children be caring. This makes sense: Kindness and concern for others are held as moral virtues in nearly every society and every major religion. But when you ask children what their parents want for them, 81 percent say their parents value achievement and happiness over caring.
Read more here -
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated.
Yet although some parents live vicariously through their children’s accomplishments, success is not the No. 1 priority for most parents. We’re much more concerned about our children becoming kind, compassionate and helpful. Surveys reveal that in the United States, parents from European, Asian, Hispanic and African ethnic groups all place far greater importance on caring than achievement. These patterns hold around the world: When people in 50 countries were asked to report their guiding principles in life, the value that mattered most was not achievement, but caring.
Despite the significance that it holds in our lives, teaching children to care about others is no simple task. In an Israeli study of nearly 600 families, parents who valued kindness and compassion frequently failed to raise children who shared those values.
Are some children simply good-natured — or not? For the past decade, I’ve been studying the surprising success of people who frequently help others without any strings attached. As the father of two daughters and a son, I’ve become increasingly curious about how these generous tendencies develop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/opinion/sunday/raising-a-moral-child.html
Cheers!
Yet although some parents live vicariously through their children’s accomplishments, success is not the No. 1 priority for most parents. We’re much more concerned about our children becoming kind, compassionate and helpful. Surveys reveal that in the United States, parents from European, Asian, Hispanic and African ethnic groups all place far greater importance on caring than achievement. These patterns hold around the world: When people in 50 countries were asked to report their guiding principles in life, the value that mattered most was not achievement, but caring.
Despite the significance that it holds in our lives, teaching children to care about others is no simple task. In an Israeli study of nearly 600 families, parents who valued kindness and compassion frequently failed to raise children who shared those values.
Are some children simply good-natured — or not? For the past decade, I’ve been studying the surprising success of people who frequently help others without any strings attached. As the father of two daughters and a son, I’ve become increasingly curious about how these generous tendencies develop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/opinion/sunday/raising-a-moral-child.html
Cheers!
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." -Joseph Addison-
"The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning." -Austin O'Malley-
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Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." -Joseph Addison-
"The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning." -Austin O'Malley-
I heartily agree with those sentiments!
Wishing you all the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
When we speak from our souls, it means we’ll speak with kindness, acceptance, and curiosity without judgement. We don’t need to seek external validation by allowing our egos to puff up our chests. Instead of using your energy trying to impress or defend yourself, use words that uplift everyone to feel welcome and loved. You’ll find that there is more energy between you and the people around you and it feels safer to open up. When we speak from the soul, we can communicate intuitively with the souls of others, rather than ego-to-ego. This deepens our ability to enjoy the moment and have more meaningful relationships. Move slowly, breathe slowly, and you’ll find your words will also be more measured and meaningful. Check in and come back to your intention, think your next move through, then act.
Be More of Your Soul & Less of Your Ego | Daily Life
All the best!
Be More of Your Soul & Less of Your Ego | Daily Life
All the best!