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The effects of our kindness are not zero-sum. Those who receive charity have their lives improved, but those who provide it also benefit. It feels good to be good. Indeed, one recent study found that spending money on others is more rewarding than spending it on oneself. It’s not just short-term pleasure: those who donate wealth and time to others tend to be a lot happier in their entire lives than those who do not. The paradoxical finding here is that one great trick to being happy is to forget about being happy and instead try to increase the happiness of others.
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So true, i remember i use to do a lot of voluntary work for the community one stunt i did for 9 years every weekend where it got to the point ppl would ask me why do i keep doing it, do you know that in the city ppl get paid for doing what your doing for free. I don't know why i did it, it just made me feel great at the end of the day. I did this work from 1997 to 2005 every weekend. If it feels good to be good then your going to keep at it. I think that's why ppl run off across the other side of the world to help the needy cause it makes them feel great as well. We all chase happiness.
I haven't done any voluntary work since then, maybe i should get back into it.
