When We Focus On Others, Our World

Buying Phosphate-free Soap Allows You To Say, 'my Detergent Doesn't Have The Harsh Chemicals Others Do.' The Question Is, How Are You Washing With It? The Very Worst Thing For The Earth About Detergent Is That We Heat Water To Use It.

When The Eyes Of A Woman That A Man Finds Attractive Look Directly At Him, His Brain Secretes The Pleasure-inducing Chemical Dopamine - But Not When She Looks Elsewhere.

Self-absorption In All Its Forms Kills Empathy, Let Alone Compassion. When We Focus On Ourselves, Our World Contracts As Our Problems And Preoccupations Loom Large. But When We Focus On Others, Our World Expands. Our Own Problems Drift To The Periphery Of The Mind And So Seem Smaller, And We Increase Our Capacity For Connection - Or Compassionate Action.

I Don't Think Focus Is In Itself Ever A Bad Thing. But Focus Of The Wrong Kind, Or Managed Poorly, Can Be.

Emotional Intelligence Begins To Develop In The Earliest Years. All The Small Exchanges Children Have With Their Parents, Teachers, And With Each Other Carry Emotional Messages.