Encouragement Benefits

What we do today right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows. Alexandra Stoddard

Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffet

Researchers at the University of North Carolina reached the conclusion that people who appreciate small moments of happiness, laughter and joy tend to be happy people who are more likely to be resilient against adversity and more successful in jobs, relationships and health.

That reinforces my passion for encouragement. What you do to encourage yourself and others matters. Who wants to be around a depressed discouraged person? It brings you down and is really bad for your health. It does make a difference in your future and the future of your loved ones.

This study says that if happiness is something you want out of life, then savor the small moments and cultivate happy. Barbara Frederick, the lead author of the study, goes on to encourage your focus to be on the every day pleasures in your life and letting your positive emotions blossom. She says as we worry less about our future and focus on those kind things that people do for us or the beauty in nature, that helps us build resources so we rebound better from stress, ward off depression and continue to grow.

That works for me! I know I'm on the right path to an encouraging lifestyle.

HOW TO ENCOURAGE BENEFITS

Why should you spend valuable time, energy and money learning how to encourage people? The benefits are many.

Ralph Waldo Emerson says, “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

BT Washington says, “Helping someone else is the secret of happiness.”

If that isn't enough, here are some more benefits of learning how to encourage others.
Your emotional sphere expands as you learn to live your life with gratitude and generosity. Instead of worrying about what’s in it for me, your focus has changed to, ‘what can I do to lighten the load for someone else.’ Generous people have lots of friends.

You will attract like-minded people who will be there for you when you need them. Alliances are created and friendships grow stronger when problems are shared.

Your health depends on it. Learning to be positive during crisis is critical to long-term health. A recent health newsletter stated that ‘people-worry’ is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases. Millions of people are ill because of fear, anxiety and feelings of utter hopelessness. Emotional and physical health are connected. Research shows that maintaining a positive attitude is the key to emotional resilience and may protect you from heart attack, stroke, depression, anxiety and substance abuse.

You can do it. It's worth every minute.
For more help on learning how to encourage see How to encourage