Evaluation

The year is more than half way over.

I must declare, that this is the only year in my memory that I have been able to stay on top of my New Years resolution of a daily good deed.
I admit, it has not been a daily deed lately.
One thing is for certain, contrary to the "going on a diet" resolution,
this resolution is SO much easier to get back on track with.

I recently came across an interesting article that was posted by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.
It was not surprising to learn that kindness has significant health benefits.

Some of the key points that I found to be the most interesting are:

• Helping contributes to the maintenance of good health, and it can diminish the effect of diseases and disorders serious and minor, psychological and physical.
• Stress-related health problems improve after performing kind acts. Helping reverses feelings of depression, supplies social contact, and decreases feelings of hostility and isolation that can cause stress, overeating, ulcers, etc.
• A decrease in both the intensity and the awareness of physical pain can occur.
• An increased sense of self-worth, greater happiness, and optimism, as well as a decrease in feelings of helplessness and depression, is achieved.
• The practice of caring for strangers translates to immense immune and healing benefits.

You can read this article in its entirety HERE.