HEALTH + WELLNESS
CHANNEL YOUR INNER ZEN cont .
Be Kind
Sounds simple . Is simple . You might think karma ’ s a load of airy-fairy nonsense , but thousands of years of philosophical thinking would disagree : what you put out into the world is what you get back . If someone irks you and you lose your rag , you ’ ll irk them and likely irk the person who they go on to tell ; it ’ s a whole chain of unnecessary irking that can be stopped short if you take a step back and assess if the situation is really worth all the aggravation . Smiling at a stranger , carrying someone ’ s bags who ’ s clearly struggling , or giving a fellow passenger the 20p he needs on the bus to pay for his ticket are all small , simple acts of kindness : practice them whenever you can .
Exercise
Regular exercise isn ’ t just a brilliant way for you personally to get a free hit of happy hormone , endorphin , it ’ s also undeniably good for your health , which in turn means less trips to the doctor and less strain on our already stretched NHS . Plus , we live in a society where ( whether consciously or not ) we are constantly comparing ourselves to others – with fitness , your only competition is yourself , so you ’ ll start to feel more confident and less concerned with the ins and outs of other people ’ s lives too . 63