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November 16, 2007
Q. Paying a compliment, telling a funny joke, sending a thank-you note, listening to someone attentively, donating to a hunger center, teaching a child to read, extending forgiveness to someone who has wronged you... What might all of these have to do with YOUR OWN well-being?
A. They're just a few of the myriad ways of “giving” to others, whether to family, friends, the community. And giving is the most potent force on the planet, the one kind of love you can count on because you can always choose it, say Stephen Post, Ph.D., and Jill Neimark in “Why Good Things Happen to Good People.” “Most of us can recall with radiant clarity those moments when giving was receiving, when another's happiness was our own.”
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