Witnessing and experiencing acts of kindness produce oxytocin and serotonin. Generosity can help lower blood pressure, calm the mind, heal wounds, lighten the heart, and foster a feeling of connectedness. It cultivates space to explore other nuggets to clarify my mind—the childlike curiosity, acceptance, letting go, trust, patience, witnessing to my thinking and non-judging, etc.
Giving can take many forms:
- Open up or reach out to someone in a trying situation
- An act of kindness to make a difference for someone
- Listening with patience and empathy in a trying situation
- Finding a reason to smile and create a positive ripple, letting go, even if momentarily, of an emotional bind or trauma of an experience
Giving can help break away from reactive thinking patterns.
I am part of the universal consciousness, and it is pure joy and abundance. There is a core inside of me that is rich beyond reckoning. Can I identify with it, let it emerge, and radiate its energy outwardly?
Can I surrender to something greater and more expansive than the ego-centered self? It can connect me with that happy, peaceful core in times of fear, worries, concerns, or other frustrations. It allows me to share the fullness of my being, my enthusiasm, vitality, spirit, trust, openness, and presence.
> Clarify My Mind: 1 of 12: Beginner
> Clarify My Mind: 2 of 12: Witness, not a Judge
> Clarify My Mind: 3 of 12: Accept
> Clarify My Mind: 4 of 12: Let Go
> Clarify My Mind: 5 of 12: Trust or Faith or Belief
> Clarify My Mind: 6 of 12: Patience
> Clarify My Mind: 7 of 12: Generosity
> Clarify My Mind: 8 of 12: Proact, and not React
> Clarify My Mind: 9 of 12: Gratitude
> Clarify My Mind: 10 of 12: Equanimity
