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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration

August 14, 2024


The focus for today is:

Giving, supporting charities, or volunteering for causes is good for me.

Today's inspiration was written by Sara Konrath and Femida Handy:

Giving is good for you. For years, researchers have been finding that people who support charities or volunteer for causes can benefit from being generous.

For example, they might learn new things, meet new people or make others whom they care about happier. Researchers have also found that giving may make the givers themselves happier, more confident and even physically healthier.

It may seem surprising, but across three peer-reviewed studies, we found that others rate people who give money or volunteer for nonprofits, give to their friends and even register as organ donors as more attractive. We also found that more attractive people are also more likely to give in various ways. While our findings may raise eyebrows, we actually weren’t too surprised – the personal benefits of being generous are well established in our field.

CONTINUE READING:
Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
     How Doing Good May Make People More Attractive
     by Sara Konrath and Femida Handy.
Read the complete article here.

About the

About The Author

 Sara Konrath, Associate Professor, Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI and Femida Handy, Professor

This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of giving of your Self generously and lovingly (today and every day)

Comment from Marie: What goes around, comes around. Cliché? Well regardless, it is a true statement. So giving of our time, our love, our energy, our attention, our possessions, etc. is not only beneficial for the recipient, it is good for us as well.  

Our focus for today: Giving, supporting charities, or volunteering for causes is good for me.

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