Living happy: be a better you
March 4th, 2009 | Published in Quality of Life
It’s a backwards philosophy – serve yourself by serving others. You don’t have to be a hermit or give up all your possessions to do this. It’s nothing drastic.
The idea is this: by being a better person, you will be happier.
Makes sense, right? Maybe we feel useless and like our lives are pointless because, well, they are. All we do is focus on self day in and day out. Maybe that’s why married people live longer: they have someone they are constantly caring for.
Serving others sounds so official, but really we’re talking about the little things. Let the lady who only has 2 items (vs your whole week’s worth) at the grocery store go first. Offer to help that guy who just dropped his briefcase and all his papers went everywhere. It will take you 5 extra minutes, and that act of kindness will completely change their day for the better.
We live in such a self-absorbed world that we don’t even say hi to the stranger waiting next to us for the bus. We are surrounded by more people than ever, yet I have noticed that so many people I know complain of a lack of friends.
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