Nerotransmitter ~ZING~

It's not very often that a writer makes two posts to their blogs

in one day, but I could not let this one go even one more day.

Did you just read Springtime In Winter ?

Great - I'll tie that all together in this post.

A couple of days ago, I was listening to the audiobook

Dr Wayne Dyer - The Secrets Of The Power Of Intention.

( audio CD - March 1, 2004 )

This was about my upteenth time to be hearing the CD.

Dyer is speaking on the effects of kindness.

He goes on to tell of a study that was done on the neurotransmitter, serotonin.
He describes it as a 'feel-good' hormone.

The study showed levels of serotonin (which are measurable in blood) are elevated
when a person is the recipient of an act of kindness,

or even in the observation of an act of kindness.

So..... just right now after reading my post about Springtime In Winter

your body is ~ ZINGING ~ with an extra dose of serotonin......

Whoooo who  !!!

Hearing Dyer speak of this, also reminded me of a TV advertisement for

Liberty Mutual Insurance I had first seen last year.

The ad goes on to show one act of kindness after another.

I now realize WHY that ad affected me in such the positive way that it did.

It’s the serotonin ~ZING~.

The song, 'Half Acre' playing in the background of the ad is by the

group HEM.

I also went and hunted down the lyrics just in case anyone was interested.

Half Acre

(By Don Messe)

I am holding half an acre
Torn from the map of Michigan
And folded in this scrap of paper
Is the land I grew in

Think of every town you've lived in
Every room you lay your head
And what is it that you remember

Do you carry every sadness with you
Every hour your heart was broken
Every night the fear and darkness
Lay down with you

A man is walking on the highway
A woman stares out at the sea
And light is only now just breaking

So we carry every sadness with us
Every hour our hearts were broken
Every night the fear and darkness
Lay down with us

But I am holding half an acre
Torn from the map of Michigan
I am carrying this scrap of paper

That can crack the darkest sky wide open
Every burden taken from me
Every night my heart unfolding

Dedicating this post to my UK pal - Damian...

sending you the ~ZING~ all the way across the pond.  Wink