Sentences with phrase «compassionate act»

The researchers discovered that givers of compassionate acts benefit from them, whether or not the acts are explicitly noticed by the recipient.

Advent bears good tidings that this is the One who comes as body and blood, bread and wine, to hungry mouths at the Eucharist feast, and who comes back to us through compassionate acts of filling the hungry with good things.

It's clear that the recipient of compassionate act needs to notice the act to benefit from it emotionally, but for the giver, recognition is much less of a factor.

So it seems that while little everyday compassionate acts are important, taking the time to highlight each other's» small contributions is just as important for overall relationship satisfaction.

Instead, we're confronted with arguments framed as a hard, false choice between sound economic policies and social programs, between fiscal realities and compassionate acts.

It was also predicted that the recipient of the compassionate act would benefit the most when the act was recognized by both partners, as opposed to a compassionate act perceived by one partner.

Prior to the study, it was predicted that the greatest impact on the giver of the compassionate act would come when the recipient recognized the act, because the giver would feel valued by the recognition.

The couples reported receiving and giving on average.65 and.59 compassionate acts each day over the course of the 2 weeks, with husbands perceiving more such acts compared to their partners.

Researchers have proven that compassion for others provides significant emotional benefits for the giver, regardless of whether the recipient is aware of the compassionate act.

The compassionate acts included things like doing something that let the partner know they were valued, making changes to personal plans for the sake of the partner, expressing gratitude or tenderness for the partner, or just doing something thoughtful, such as the husband cleaning snow off his wife's car before work.

The kind and compassionate act of befriending your thoughts, rather than trying to control them — or worse, letting them control you — can deeply enrich your life in the most extraordinary ways.

I think that it is a wonderful, humane and compassionate act to adopt two puppies from the same litter.

But the main reason to rescue a dog is because it's a kind and compassionate act.

The compassionate act took place at The Colony Animal Services facility earlier this month.

A sub-quest also finds Kat rescuing a soldier from a failed expedition, quite the compassionate act for someone who possibly killed dozens of the man's comrades.

Alternatively you could disregard the word «responsibility» and see it as a compassionate act for the millions who have next to no say in the politics of their country.

The General Assembly has established numerous protections for the generous and compassionate acts of its citizens who volunteer their time and talents to help others.

In each daily diary participants reported on their own compassionate acts as well as their perception of their partners» compassionate acts.

In our compassionate act, we seemed to have moved up together on what Jonathan Haidt has called the third dimension of social cognition, that of divinity.