It is kind of funny how one thing can lead to another on Active Rain... and how just reading the blog posts of others... can end up stimulating an idea that I end up making in a comment to one of those posts... which then leads to my using the idea from that comment... as the basis for a post, itself.
Like this one...
First... I read a post tonight written by Steve Shatsky... about how "It's a Sign of The Times" that so many people are living paycheck to paycheck. In my comment to Steve, I shared how important it is that all of us help to provide just a bit of whatever safety net we can... to help those in need.
Then... I read a post by Alice Linahan... titled "Help Someone If You Can." It, too, was along the lines of how absolutely important it is that we... need to help those in need... whenever possible. What a great thought !
My comment to Alice told a story that I want to share. Here it is...
Alice... I would like to share with you, if I may, something I saw some time ago on a Dr Wayne Dyer PBS show. It was also about helping people. Aside from any moral, spiritual good that helping someone does... Dr Dyer shared how helping someone... performing an act of kindness... actually has "healing effects" on the mind and body. But... there is more to it.
First... and Dr Dyer said that this was scientifically studied and measured... first... the person who receives the help... is overcome by such a warm and cared-for feeling, that certain enzymes are released into the blood... endorphins and other stuff... that actually produce a healing effect on the person helped.
But secondly, that feeling is ALSO experienced by the person performing the caring deed. They, too, experience the same degree of healing effects in their mind/body... from helping someone.
But... here is the surprise. Thirdly... if there is someone who actually sees... actually watches the caregiver tend to the cared-for person... that third person, too, experiences the same degree of mind/body healing effects... just from seeing someone help someone else. I thought that was just incredible, and when I think about it, it just makes so much sense.
By the way... special thanks to both Steve Shatsky and Alice Linahan for inspiring me. Active Rain strikes again. :)
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Chris, I didn't know about the enzyme effect. There really isn't any degree of separation when you learn a factoid like that one.