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"The only significant and lasting improvement in life and relationships results from becoming 'a better person.'

We become better persons by staying in touch with basic humanity, the survival-based capacity for interest in the well-being of others.

Basic humanity motivates respectful, helpful, valuing, nurturing, protective, and altruistic behaviors. In adversity it motivates sacrifice. In emergency it motivates rescue."

Fantastic article. In essence when we dwell on ourselves or our insecurities, we tend to get stressed out. When we act of out service mindset (give first) doing good for all(much harder in practice), where our own good is included, we will be more fulfilled in the long-term.



Agreed.

I found that a strong feeling of mortality brought upon me the basic humanity described in the article.

I immediately noticed a difference in how others treated me (and how I treated them) for the rest of the day.




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