Happy Monday - December 2021

 

A professor gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it and throw it in the hallway. The professor then mixed all the balloons. The students were given five minutes to find their own balloon. Despite a hectic search, no one found their balloon. At that point the professor told the students to take the first balloon that they found and hand it to the person whose name was written on it. Within five minutes everyone had their own balloon.

The professor said to the students, “These balloons are like happiness. We will never find it if everyone is looking for their own. But if we care about other people’s happiness, we will find ours too.”

I’ve discovered that helping to make someone else’s life better has made me the happiest I’ve ever been. The truth is you can’t be happy if the center of your life is you!

Imagine how different the world would be if everyone would just do one nice thing to help someone else every day. Kindness is not just about a feeling, or a theory, or a nice word. It’s an action – it’s the way you treat people. It can be so simple to put a smile on someone else’s face. Give a compliment, give something away, take the time to listen, open the door for someone, let someone go before you in the line at the store – the list could go on and on.

Make it your business to regularly reach out to people around you. Be determined each day to do at least one thing for someone else that makes their life better – expecting nothing in return. When you embrace this mindset, you’ll discover that this is the key to increasing happiness in your everyday life!


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