The visual, literary, and performing arts and crafts are enriching the healing process by bringing restoration and relief to patients, visitors, and staff of hospital, hospices, and other healthcare environments. Examples include: healing gardens, paintings in patient rooms, live music in lobbies, and on patient units; poets helping patients and their families to put their feelings into words; music, art, and dance/movement therapists guiding patients in self expression; art that helps people find their way through large confusing buildings.
Today's activity: kindness.
By definition:
*the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic; a kind act; forgiveness, tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Kindness is a simple act, that goes a long way. Whether it be saying hello to a stranger, giving to the needy, or allowing cars to merge, all bring a positive state of mind and gives great reward.
Kindness is a wonderful act, simple gestures go a long, long way.
Positive psychological effects:
*warm reaction
*ease of loneliness and helplessness
*the ability to make someone's day
*creating the feeling of exhileration and euphoria
Positive physical effects:
*kindness is the healing power of doing good
*creates calmness and relaxation
*ease of pain; headache, tension, and blood pressure
*increases energy
In conclusion, compliment someone, make eye contact, do a favor, listen, or be here, be there, be everywhere for someone special in your life.
As per Sir James Barrie..."Always be a little kinder than necessary"!
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