
The Unintended Consequences of Kindness
Kindness may be more critical to developing a healthy society in the modern, post-industrial era than any of us ever imagined. For example, university researchers have found that when people perform small acts of kindness, they report a greater sense of meaning and purpose in their lives. Along with developing a sense of higher purpose, the medical community has found that people can lower their blood pressure by simply observing someone else perform unselfish, kind behaviors