
It's Natural to Show Compassion
According to researchers, compassion is a natural instinctive behavior, and not necessarily only a learned or cultivated behavior. Compassion is not just an emotional response to the perception of another's suffering. Compassion goes beyond that and is the action that is motivated by this emotion. Many people confuse the terms empathy and compassion. Empathy is feeling the pain "with" and "for" someone else who is experiencing suffering or a negative situation, but compas

Giving and Happiness
Why is it that so often some of the happiest and most upbeat people are also those who are the most generous and giving? Well, it might be the same question as which came first, the chicken or the egg! It's interesting to wonder if people are giving and generous because they're happy, or if they have a giving a generous spirit as a result of being a happy and contented person. Research conducted and published by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that