When life challenges us on multiple fronts, our mind can feel like it has been led into a narrow tunnel of despair and left there. Problems outweigh solutions and we find ourselves chewing over the same issues like a piece of gum. What often helps checkmate such paralysis is consciously injecting joy into our days. Like the crack of dawn, joy can illuminate a pathway out of the tunnel. The NPR article at the bottom shares more about how we can tackle the pandemic rut with a little bit of joy. --Guri
"The act of naming the gratitudes carried into the next day and the next, where I became more aware of things in my life that I should cherish." --Dr. Sriram Shamasunder
Editor's Note: When life challenges us on multiple fronts, our mind can feel like it has been led into a narrow tunnel of despair and left there. Problems outweigh solutions and we find ourselves chewing over the same issues like a piece of gum. What often helps checkmate such paralysis is consciously injecting joy into our days. Like the crack of dawn, joy can illuminate a pathway out of the tunnel. The NPR article at the bottom shares more about how we can tackle the pandemic rut with a little bit of joy. --Guri
Kindness In the News
"Jeff Reaves always tries to do something nice for each graduating class at his Florida high school. But this year, his fourth year working at Matanzas High, he wanted to do something extra special."
Balou's aunt survived many trips to the hospital over the past few months. He wanted to do something nice for his aunt's 80th birthday while she's in the hospital once again.
What makes a good life? Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger shares lessons from what he learned from the longest study on happiness, with data spanning over 80 years.
Over the course of the pandemic, if you have felt your mental health decline, you are not alone. Anxiety and depression in adults have grown threefold. This NPR article sheds light on how to help cope: Stuck in A Rut? Sometimes Joy Takes A Little Practice.
KindSpring is a 100% volunteer-run platform that allows everyday people around the world to connect and deepen in the spirit of kindness. Current subscribers: 90,211
