The Los Angeles Times wrote an article on the “launch of the world’s first interdisciplinary research institute on kindness, which will explore, for instance, how and why being nice to others reduces depression and the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.” The team of UCLA researchers will examine three themes that are the foundation of the institute’s project: “the roots of kindness, how to promote it, and how to use it as a therapeutic intervention to improve mental and physical health…Research by UCLA scientists already has shown that mindfulness and kindness actually alter the behavior of genes, turning down those that promote inflammation, which can lead to heart disease or certain cancers, and turning up the activity of genes that protect against infections.”
It makes sense to me
It’s so much easier to be
kind . People don’t realize the energy they waste being unhappy.
It’s so simple yet so profound how we can accomplish even more by approaching people with kindness instead of rancor, let alone feel better ourselves in the process. The cultural awareness in play is encouraging in pushing us in the right direction! I’ve also recently seen how there is some push going on to help people do better with “belonging,” another basic that could improve people’s lives.
It’s so heartening to see you shinning a light on the well of goodness in our world. Thanks for your devotion to this, Suzanne 🙏
We are kindred souls, Joseph. I wish you were in my neck of the woods so we could spend some time together figuring out how to help this hurting world.