Random, conscious acts of kindness have been empirically shown to decrease stress and strongly benefit enhanced mental health. Lyubomirsky has found that individuals who complete five acts of kindness over the course of even one day report feeling much happier than control groups days after the exercise is over. Note that these acts are consciously or intentionally done rather than scanning the past day to see what you might have done that was nice. In preparation for this recitation, please choose three successive days on which to consciously perform five such acts each day. They can be as simple as holding the door for someone, helping someone with their bags, etc.

WRITING:
Write detailing your kindness interventions and the reactions of both the beneficiaries and yourself.
Separately add 2 questions at the End that should relate to the 2 readings attached. one for each