Love Is Not Just A Battery, It’s Also A Boomerang!

Love is like a battery. Love is also like a boomerang.

When your energy is low, you may feel depleted and think you don’t have any more love to give. The opposite is also true. Complimenting a stranger or showing love to an animal or person re-energizes your battery.

Love is infinite, not finite. The love and joy you give to others comes back to you.

In fact, I often tell my yoga students and psychic clients who are struggling with depression or sadness to compliment at least ten people each day.

It can be something as simple as saying, “I love that shirt!” or “Your writing is so neat!” The smile on that person’s face raises your vibration, healing you as well as them. Most people are struggling with some kind of challenge, and that one compliment can change their day.

Studies have shown that smiling releases hormones that make you happy, while frowning releases hormones that make you sad. Laughing and crying intensifies these hormones. So, smiling at someone or laughing can actually raise your joy level and vibration.

We live in a hate and frustration driven world lately where people are increasingly divided and constantly judging and attacking each other. I belong to several social media groups where people constantly being unkind and intolerant to others.

Many people are also struggling financially, emotionally, and physically at the moment. A small act of kindness or civility can transform’s someone’s day. It can also inspire them to compliment someone else, paying your love and kindness forward. In reality, one kind word could even save someone’s life!

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these ~ George Washington Carver

In many of my personal friendships, I’ve sadly noticed that I’m the only one complimenting them these days, and it’s very sad. Nobody seems to do that anymore, not even their loved ones. Now, we don’t need compliments from anyone or live our lives, but it still nice to hear them. We all have an inner child who likes to hear they truly matter and are doing well.

In a perfect world, I would want to be around people who are so joyful that they want to compliment others all the time. People who have a lot of joy and love in their hearts can’t help but pass it on and pay it forward.

This is why I am raising my nine-year-old son to pay attention to other people’s thoughts and energy, and to empathize. Often, he tells me what a person needs. He compliments people because he sees me doing it.

I worked with a twenty-five-year-old man who struggled with depression. I was the organizer of an informal volunteer group at the time that regularly went out to provide meals to people experiencing homelessness and people living in poverty. I invited him to join us.

He was hostile and resistant at first, and he didn’t understand how that would benefit his depression. I asked him to trust me and just come along. So, he did. But he was not much help to us. He was lazy and miserable, and mostly just complained about anything and everything…until the last hour.

At one of our final stops he handed a plate of food to a man sleeping behind a dumpster. It was a tragic scene. But the man’s face lit up when he saw the food and you could tell he was smiling and crying at the same time.

Then my young student put his head in his hands…and began to cry. He was overwhelmed by the gratitude the homeless man had shown him for something as simple as a home-cooked meal. He told me many times since that that moment was life-changing for him. He says he realizes now that he had lived a very selfish and privileged life, which he now believes had also contributed to his depression.

When I feel overwhelmed by life’s ugliness and struggles, the first thing I do is help someone. Love is like a battery and a boomerang. It recharges you when you share it, and it always comes back to you when you do.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around ~ Leo Buscaglia

If you’re looking for ways to brighten the world for yourself and others with a little bit of loved and kindness, without spending money or time, try these soul-nourishing ideas:

✵ Offer a heartfelt compliment. Whether it’s a coworker’s smile or a stranger’s cozy scarf, take a moment to notice something beautiful and say it out loud. Words matter.

✵ Compliment someone online. Yes, it can actually be done! Social media can be toxic, for sure, but your positive comment could be an individual lifeline or a group game-changer. Choose to be a soulful sparkle in someone’s for you feed today.

✵ Send a thoughtful text. “Just thinking of you and hoping you’re well” can uplift someone’s entire day. Intentions travel instantly through digital energy, too.

✵ Hold the door open with a smile. Just imagine their shock and surprise! This small old-school gesture can send a massive ripple of grace into the world.

✵ Level up your body language. Eye contact, a sincere tone of voice, and honest smile, while saying “hello” or”thank you” carry mystical healing energy that can linger for hours, even days.

✵ Listen, truly listen. When someone speaks, try to be fully present and take a sincere interest. Active listening is one of the most loving acts you can offer in this noisy world.

✵ Leave an encouraging note. Nobody writes paper notes anymore! Write a little message on a sticky note and leave it in a public place or someone’s desk at work. “You matter,” “You’re doing great,” or simply “You are loved.”

✵ Send a silent prayer or blessing. While walking past people, silently send them a blessing. “May you be happy, safe, and at peace.” Energy moves where intention goes.

✵ Be patient with those having a hard day. Whether it’s a slow cashier or an irritable driver, choose compassion over reaction. Breathe. Smile. Bless. Just be nice.

✵ Share your joy. Tell someone when something makes you happy. Joy is contagious, and sometimes others just need permission to feel happy, too.