When you do something nice for someone you know or don’t know, for your community or for animals, pay attention to how it makes you feel. You may feel happy, excited, proud or grateful. These are good feelings that help energize our lives with positivity. Can you see why doing good for others is important to you and not just them? Can you see the ‘inner rewards’ you are receiving by your actions of unconditional love?
As we get older and understand more about the world around us we learn that there are things that we can do to help create greater good for all. We can act in unconditional love by putting trash and recycling where it belongs, we can help someone stand up to a bully or we can make sure that someone feels welcome when they are alone. We can even just say nice things to people to help encourage or inspire them.
There are many people in history who acted purely out of unconditional love, like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Jane Goodall, and Mother Teresa. Their actions helped other lots of people and animals. What can you envision yourself doing that can help others or bring good to the world?
