How Being Generous Can Make You Happy

Incorporating this simple practice will help improve your life

Have you wondered why generous people also happen to be the happiest people on this planet?

One of the most generous people I knew in my life was my grandmother.

Growing up, I was no stranger to her generous gestures and her generous endeavors.

As a person with a kind heart, she’d always be generous toward others. Her kindness touched the hearts and minds of many people she was around.

Generosity was a driving force in her life. It was a goddess that showed her a way out of dark times. And all her actions were from coming from a place of genuine love and concern for people.

She’d always put a smile on her face, and as long as others were happy, she was too.

Her relentless generosity is what made her the happiest person in the world. Investing her time and energy into others was her life’s purpose.

And you know what else is interesting about my grandmother? She’s 99 and she’s still alive, which makes me wonder if being happy all her life has helped her live a long life.

If my grandmother were to lose all of her fortunes, she would still be happy. Because the way she stayed content with herself and the world around her was by making sure that everyone around her was happy. As long as everyone was happy, she was too. It’s like her happiness depended on everyone else’s happiness.

If someone in the family was struggling, she was quick to offer her help and support.

Turns out, there is a whole science behind generosity. It’s no secret, generosity and happiness are interconnected. As research has shown, giving to others can help you feel happier and improve your life.

And it doesn’t matter what you do — whether you like giving gifts or helping people financially, generosity goes a long way.

Being generous not only makes people you’re generous towards happy — it makes you happy too. Giving to others can do wonders for your mind — and psychological well-being.

How to practice kindness

If you’re wondering how you can practice generosity, it’s not hard science.

You don’t need to move mountains to achieve a happy state. Sometimes happiness lies in simple gestures like helping someone with groceries, cooking someone a homemade meal, or sending someone a thoughtful postcard.

If you incorporate generosity into your daily life and practice it every day, you’ll see just how improved your life will be.

While being generous won’t overhaul your life and completely erase emotional scars, it can overall increase your happiness and emotional well-being.

One or two random acts of kindness won’t change your life drastically, but practicing kindness regularly over a period of time will produce a change.

Consistently practicing acts of kindness is what matters the most… and ultimately leads to noticeable life changes.

The same thing can be said about habits. Building healthy habits takes time, energy, and commitment. Likewise, practicing acts of generosity takes time.

It’s the repeated behaviors added together that will produce dramatic results.

The takeaway

If you want to make your life a little happier, practice kindness. By practicing acts of kindness over a period of time, you’ll notice your life will change for the better.

A little bit of kindness goes a long way.

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