By Jenn Lawlor

Everyone has heard of people doing random acts of kindness, and paying kind acts forward without expecting anything in return for themselves. The payout or payoff as many self help people would say is that they get a good feeling and make their own lives happier just by doing kind acts for others. If you are kind to yourself, kind to others, and kind and gentle to the earth, as Michael J. Chase has said in speaking engagements, your life will be better. Also your relationships are sweeter and your health is much improved.

Chase is a unique person. He did not experience much kindness in his early life; rather, he endured hard times that caused him to do much soul searching. Eventually, he had a startling and profound realization that completely turned his life around. Rather than keep this new knowledge for himself along, he decided to share it with others and teach them what he had learned. The main way he did this was to write a book about the philosophy of kindness, which explains how spreading good feelings helps everyone in the world.

In "Am I Being Kind" you will discover how asking yourself this one little question can change your life, and the world. Mr. Chase does say in his speeches that being kind is much more than "being nice" to others. When you take your own journey into self-discovery and self-inquiry you too can enrich your own life with boundless joy. Helping others just by leaving extra money in a vending machine to pay for someone's snack is kind. Taking fresh baked cookies to city workers as a treat is kind.

Even stopping to let someone out in front of you on the road is especially kind. Doing these things for others costs you very little, but they give a large payout for everyone. Someone else may do something similar to others, and it goes on and on. Giving someone a smile or even a wave shows them that you are happy. It can make them happy to. Sharing kindness makes everyone happier. A happier world is also a better place for all. Positive thinking and positive acts have so much more power to help everyone. Share some kindness and see how it makes you feel.

Even if you're depressed and feel like you have nothing to give to others, you should realize that this is not true. The next time you have that negative attitude, turn it around by doing something kind for someone else. Share positive feelings, and in turn you will feel more positive about yourself and your life, and so will those around you. Everyone benefits when people are kind.

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