http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/wayne-dyer-be-nice en-us 60 <p align="justify">Have you ever heard about the effects of kindness on your brain? Wayne Dyer shares the amazing science of kindness in his book &ldquo;Power of Intention.&rdquo; It goes something like this:</p><p align="justify">Serotonin is the drug that makes you feel good. It&rsquo;s what all the pharmaceutical companies pump into those wonderful little anti-depressants. It&rsquo;s also a little drug God decided to pump through our brains when we do things he/she/it likes. It&rsquo;s kinda like a little reward for good behavior, you know?</p><p align="justify">Anyway, get this: when you do something kind for someone else, the person you&rsquo;re helping has serotonin released in her brain&mdash;she feels happier.</p><p align="justify">And so do you.</p><p align="justify">Good news! Two more serotonin-induced happier people in the world! Woo hoo!</p><p align="justify">But the most amazing thing is this: not only do you and the person you helped feel better, so does some random person who happened to <em>watch </em>your act of kindness.</p><p align="justify">Let&rsquo;s be nice.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:09 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:66:66 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/66