Spotlight On Kindness: Kindness Science & Machines

Kindness fuels energy and builds self-esteem. It produces serotonin, which generates calmness, helps combat depression, and even heals wounds. Kindness also produces oxytocin, a "love" hormone critical for forming loving attachments, and decreases cortisol, our stress hormone. For the parts of our brains that function as machines, the science is pretty clear: kindness is good for us. - Ameeta

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Spotlight On Kindness A Weekly Offering

"Compassionate people are geniuses...more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers of knowledge."-Albert Einstein

Editor's Note: Kindness fuels energy and builds self-esteem. It produces serotonin, which generates calmness, helps combat depression, and even heals wounds. Kindness also produces oxytocin, a "love" hormone critical for forming loving attachments, and decreases cortisol, our stress hormone. For the parts of our brains that function as machines, the science is pretty clear: kindness is good for us. - Ameeta

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Beautiful This song is based on the idea of seeing our day from a lens of 'Beauty'. We are so wrapped up in our technology these days that we often miss out on the magic all around us!

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