Generosity Is Linked To Happiness
How giving to others enriches your life.
When we search for ways to improve our lives, we turn to mentors. We are advised by self-help gurus to mirror successful behaviors in the hopes of achieving the same type of success. It’s all about how I can improve my life.
Even practicing gratitude focuses on what I have to be grateful for. At this point in my life, I want to take the focus off of myself to focus on others.
Moving forward instead of focusing on what I can receive I am going to focus on how I can give.
I don’t have a lot. I don’t have everything I want but my basic needs are met and for that I am grateful. For that reason, I feel blessed for the opportunity to be a blessing to someone else. We know so many people praying for a miracle. In small ways, we can help someone else.
Helping others benefits us as well. Psychology Today reports that there are studies linking generosity and happiness in the brain. The feel-good benefits of giving are the same whether you’re lending a listening ear, giving a ride, or donating goods and money.
It’s so easy to get caught up in our own wants and needs. We need to remember that helping others is another facet of self-care. By contributing to others we strengthen our purpose and meaning in…
