Think About Others, Your Mind Widens

Hi friends,

I've been thinking a lot about Dalai Lama's quote that says, "The moment you think about others, your mind widens."

The more I think of it, the more it rings true to me. Just about this week, I noticed that by thinking about others, I am allocating myself some buffer time to prepare for other instances that might pass by. For example, finishing up my own tasks just a tad bit earlier than everyone else to use up that buffer time monitoring others for purpose of reminding them of certain things or be reminded myself based on what I see. By doing so, I do feel like my mind gets widen due to the inputs I get observing things during that buffer time.

Another thing that I noticed, the more I allocate myself of this buffer time, the more I tend to use them up for preparing myself for future scenarios. This also has helped me expand my mind as I think about possible events that could happen and how I could braze through them without any hiccups; Becoming my own planner for my life with these mini plans. The feeling of being well prepared gives me this soothing feeling and assures my mind that things will be alright because I already have this mental image of how it could/should go.

All this happen because I start to think of others. How they might feel preceding a certain event. How I could optimize the situation to the best of my abilities to make everything a little bit better.

How does thinking about others expands your mind? Hope things get more meaningful for you and others around you.

Thanks for reading my friends.