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Inspiration & Spirituality | happiness magazine | happiness.com

A team at the University of Cambridge’s School of Medicine, led by Dr. Christopher Williams, has found that mindfulness and laughter can help to protect people from the ill-effects of loneliness. Social isolation has long been a problem in some quarters of the UK but it has got worse due to the lockdowns that have been imposed in the country. This is why Williams began to look into the issue.

His research showed that mindfulness-meditation along with the use of certain technologies, such as robotic pets, could help people to overcome the worst effects of loneliness. According to the academics involved, a combination of educational and psychological interventions appear to be best in this regard.
 
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A brand new survey from Travelodge offers some upbeat news, just in time for Random Acts of Kindness Day!

It shows that kindness has been the salve helping Britons get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

But it digs deeper. It ranks acts of kindness in terms of how much they have touched people in the last year, and identifies the UK’s top 10 "Kindness Heroes".

It also reveals how real people behind this hotel chain have stepped up to offer support to those in need.

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New Survey Reveals That Kindness is Doing Great! - Goodnet

Travelodge report shows Brits are stepping up their random acts of kindness.
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"I have no desire to move mountains, construct monuments or leave behind in my wake material evidence of my existence. But in the final recollection, if the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart, then in living I have made my mark"- Thomas L. Odem Jr.
 
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"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion." -Paul Coelho

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~The Lorax
 
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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~William Arthur Ward
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Expressing your gratitude towards others is one of the biggest gifts you can give to them. As we show our thankfulness to family, friends, acquaintances and strangers, our hearts expand and we lift each other up. Research has shown that the practice of gratitude helps us cope better with stress, improves our health and increases positive feelings such as hope, peace and happiness. We can also use gratitude’s power to help us through tough times.
 
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An article written in 2012

As we near the half way point of this remarkable year 2012, this is the perfect time to reflect on kindness, appreciation, and harmony.

If you have experienced these times as rough, the roughness can remind you to be kind. Alternatively, the roughness can prompt a reaction of a sharp barb.

Kindness is a remarkable dynamic to give your attention to. Your attention to a thing or idea expands the thing or idea.

Sometimes when you try to have more of something in your life, you first become more aware of its lack or its opposite. Whenever that happens to you, simply shift your attention to the positive aspect of what you want.

From Kindness in Rough Times - by Jeanie Marshall

"Be kind & gentle & patient with yourself & with everyone else!"
 
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Everyone has a battle that they’re fighting. Sometimes it’s a battle that takes its toll every day of the week. Sometimes, it’s simply a “I woke up on the wrong side of the bed” kind of day.

Certainly, you don’t know what kind of struggle that stranger who bumped into you in the supermarket is having. Could she have just been diagnosed with breast cancer? Could she be at her wit’s end trying to raise an autistic child on her own? Could he have just received a notice that he’ll be laid off at the end of the month? Has he just buried his dad?

Moreover, you don’t even know what battles are going on for your defiant son, your distressed wife or your agitated husband? You may think you know what’s happening but you’d be surprised at the intensity of their feelings, their fears and their unresolved issues.

If an act of kindness can alleviate the stress one is feeling or bring a smile to someone’s face, why be stingy? Do it. Give someone your seat on the subway. Let a mom with an agitated kid break the line. Compliment a person on something they’re wearing. With a loved one, be kind with your criticism. Tell him how much you appreciate his thoughtful action. Share with her how much you admire her courage.

The kindest people make other people’s day better and brighter. That is a worthy goal in and of itself. But if you need further incentive to be kind to strangers and loved ones, know that you yourself will thrive as you become more compassionate, considerate and caring.

The Power of Kindness - by Linda Sapadin, Ph.D.
 
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92-year-old Nancy Letham usually receives only four cards around the holidays as her friends have gotten older and died.

After an online appeal was posted late this October, though, Nancy has received around 50 cards a day, including from schoolchildren in Portugal, who drew pictures for her.

Nancy’s granddaughter Leo Sheppard posted the appeal, expecting to receive around 40 cards from neighbors in Fife, Scotland where the family live.

Now cards are coming in from India and the States, from Canada and Australia and Italy and Spain.

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