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Tiny Visitor Brightens Nursing Home Resident's Life in World Kindness Week
11 Nov
Summary
- Prinnie and her owner bring joy to lonely senior John in nursing home
- Kindness behaviors like helping strangers and donating to charity increasing
- Social media and platforms like GoFundMe make altruism easier than ever
As the world celebrates World Kindness Week, a heartwarming story has emerged of how a tiny visitor and her devoted owner transformed the life of a lonely nursing home resident.
Just last month, Prinnie, a miniature therapy dog, and her owner visited John, a senior living in the nursing home. Their visit brought immense joy and color back into John's previously isolated world. This simple act of kindness is just one example of how small gestures can have a profound impact.
According to Abigail Marsh, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Georgetown University, people are actually becoming more cooperative and less selfish over time. Rates of unselfish giving behaviors, such as helping strangers and donating to charity, have been on the rise. Marsh credits social media and new platforms like GoFundMe for making altruism easier than ever before, allowing people to support causes and help strangers in ways they couldn't before.
As the world continues to celebrate the power of kindness this week, experts encourage everyone to embrace small acts of compassion, as they can often blossom into something much bigger.
