Because good things can come from bad circumstances
. Rather, they identify a source of hope for how we might emerge from recent traumas more willing to connect kindly with others, and more aware of the real benefits that can arise when we do.Kindness is, at its core, a facilitator of positive connection with others, and it's primarily through this route that being kind increases overall happiness levels. “One of the biggest lessons we’ve learned over and over through decades of research on the science of well-being is,” says Dr.
Being kind increases the happiness of the person who offers the kindness as much as the one who receives it—but both experts emphasize the additional importance of the"witness" effect noted above. That is, anyone who merelymore kindness happening around them is more likely to believe that they’re supported within their community, which contributes notably to well-being.
To illustrate this, consider the scenario of a dropped wallet, suggests Dr. Barrington-Leigh: What’s the likelihood that if you dropped your wallet in your neighborhood that it’d get returned to you? Chances are, the more kindness you’ve witnessed in your community, the more sure you feel about it getting returned, and the more positive your life outlook, too.
The resulting sense of belonging and support you’d feel in that scenario isn’t to be understated, either. “The evidence about happiness today runs counter to the narrow, economic version of welfare that says it’s all about income for you and your family in zero-sum terms,” says Dr. Helliwell. “Instead, we’re increasingly finding that happiness is based on strong, shared activities with others—shared production, if you will, of good times and good feelings.
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