generosity Tag

They say that in giving we receive.  But what do we receive?  Positive psychology research has told us for quite some time now that giving and being generous benefits the receiver AND the giver; and it benefits both by providing higher levels fo happiness.  When we give we...

02 December, 2013

Just a few days ago I invited our Facebook community to review the "7 Deadly Sins" and then to proffer what they considered to be some more positive, enlivening moral traits that might contribute to happiness.  Responses included honesty and compassion, love and respect, contribution, communication,...

04 August, 2011

What will you do today, this friday in June, to make someone else's day?  I'm not suggesting Friday should be the only day to have fun (not be any means) but there's a nice alliteration around Friday fun and so we thought we might make this...

10 June, 2011

By Jack Keating for the Vancouver Sun Sharing your money makes you happy while being stingy can make you sick, say researchers at the University of B.C. _ã–I think the study provides one potential insight in understanding how the monetary decisions we make can influence our health...

07 July, 2010

When it comes to happiness, women have a common resistance: Happiness is selfish, they say. But our refusal to be happy doesn't make us compassionate. Our refusal to be happy just makes us mean. My maternal grandmother was one of those people who made a conscious...

10 January, 2010