Kia Ora
This is a thread to find out how you have helped to make others feel happy today [helped improve someone's day]...
It can be something as simple as opening a door for someone, or as great as saving another person's life...
One of the most simplest [also proven] yet sadly overlooked ways to improve ones sense of well being [and maintaining it] is to make others happy...
How many miserable volunteers do you encounter ? Not many if any and there's a good reason as to why this is the case...The more one helps other sentient beings the more ones brain keeps pumping out a cocktail of happy "feel good" chemicals...
We are our very own self contained ,walking, talking, thinking "legal" producer of "feel good" drugs...
For every action there's a "reaction" [law of physics] and this law includes what is happens in ones brain when one helps others...
However I know that when one find themselves in a bit of a downward spiral it can be quite hard snap out of it...So when next you're feeling down in the dumps why not just make a conscious effort to help somebody in need out, a family member, friend, stranger, work colleague...I can guarantee once you start to help others[with random acts of kindness so to speak] your built-in drugs factory in the brain will kick in and reward you with a "feel good " buzz ...It could even put a smile back where smiles belong... upon your face...
Remember...Helping others each day-keeps those blues away... So go for it "Make my day !"
But be warn these self producing drugs are good for your health and can be highly addictive...Happy Mindfulness
Metta Zenda
[The Happiness Junky]
