ONE BEHAVIOR CAN ADD YEARS TO YOUR LIFE

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You always have a choice on how you interpret things, how you deal with things. But there’s something even more powerful than changing your perspective. And it’s translating into action. Did you know that when you help people, you have a real reaction inside your body? Endorphins are released, pleasure, dopamine, happiness, serotonin, love. And when you do a random act of kindness, you get these chemical reactions in the brain involving these neurotransmitters, and one hormone. It’s fantastic. Now, the research has shown us, not only does the giver of the act of random kindness benefit, but so does the recipient.

They have the exact same reaction, according to the research. But wait a minute, there’s a third group. If you watch a random act of kindness, you too get the benefit. Now, think about this. When you’ve been to a movie and you see a profound random act of kindness, doesn’t it change your mood? Yeah. It’s fantastic. Well, researchers, primarily psychologists, have studied giving behaviors. And we’ve got some really good research on this now. Number one, it lowers blood pressure. It enhances self esteem. So the sense of self efficacy can lead to more health. Well, I could never do that in the gym.

I want to get in shape, but I got it. There’s a benefit. There’s a fantastic benefit. It lowers cortisol, stress hormone. Isn’t that amazing? So when you’re giving, less stress, as opposed to receiving, I didn’t get enough. That’s all you’re giving me. That’s frequently an attitude. Well, become a giver. Become a giver. The Bible also tells us, I’m not a prosperity preacher, but there is some truth in this. The Bible says in Acts 2035, it’s more blessed to give than receive. The blessed is what I’m telling you right here. And sometimes your giving will come back to you in greater abundance, but it doesn’t have to.

It’s what happens for you and to you. There’s more. People that are givers have less emotional and mental health problems. Giving becomes contagious. So your society improves. When people watch it, they go, yeah, I can do that. Yeah, this feels pretty good. I feel good about myself right now. I did something really good today. And those are feelings that stay with you. Happiness. Now, researchers did a study, and they divided people into various categories. And one of them was givers, and they measured by frequency of giving is measured by what they could remember the last month.

So it’s a little subjective, but it does go to prove the point. People that are givers increase their longevity. There’s so many benefits to this. And this is something that’s really lost on us in America. There’s many people they give. And you don’t have to give money. You don’t have to give material. You can give of your time. You can give a child your wisdom and your compassion, your understanding and love. That’s also giving. It comes on different dimensions. But think about how much better the world would be, how much healthier we’d be, how much happier we would be if we were a giving society.

And that’s why in the last segment, when I covered the rip off of these two men of social security disability payments to the tune of 100 million, and these people, mostly children are left out in the cold. See, well, that spurs anger in me. We’re made to give. This is how we are wired. And people say, are we really made that way? I think the creator designed us that way. Acts 2035. It’s more blessed to give than receive. I’m Dave Hodges. This is The Common Sense Show. [tr:trw].