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Any positive thing you can do in your interactions with other people in the course of a normal day will greatly improve the world.
I won't go into a very detailed analysis but I will say just this: your positive actions and good will to other people will create good will in those people, they will in turn manifest this good will in their interactions. If it so happens that they will interact with you again later in the day you will benefit from your earlier actions directly, if they interact with someone that you happen to cross paths with afterwards chances are you will again benefit from your positive actions.
Effects of positive actions will tend to be even greater when the initial action is an act of random kindness or is simply unexpected or surprising. This is most likely so because the unexpected stands out and is thus more memorable.
This might just be a good thesis for research on pro-social behaviour, although I'm sure it's been done already.
OK, just to explain things a bit to those who weren't there when it all happened I'll present a little example inspired by real life. What if you suddenly decided you don't want to wait till spring for Woman's Day and decided to give flowers to women in August? On the 28th for instance. Not all women, just a few flowers, but just take the time to do something nice and out of the ordinary.
Feeling good just for making a few people happier is great on its own. Carefully looking back on the events I realized the positive wave that was started at noon got back to the creator (I'm still not mentioning who it was) several times during the rest of the day.
To sum it all up:
I guess "One good turn deserves another" or something along those lines
It all reminded me of this movie: Pay it Forward. Watch it!
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