JOURNEE MONDIALE ou INTERNATIONALE

Un hommage aux bienveillants !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Le 13 novembre, c’est la Journée de la Gentillesse. Et si vous êtes du genre à sourire aux autres, à laisser passer les personnes pressées dans la file du supermarché, à répondre « de rien » lorsqu’on vous remercie, à écouter et à conseiller vos amis quand ils ont besoin de vous ou à rendre service à votre voisine du dessus … Vous faites partie des gentils, soyez-en fiers !

  Une vraie force :

Contrairement aux idées répandues, les gentils ne sont pas idiots, ni naïfs. Dans un monde où la méchanceté et la rigidité sont associés à la réussite, il est parfois dur de dissocier le Gentil de la bonne poire excessivement crédule. Mais, bien au contraire, la gentillesse représente une vraie finesse d’esprit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Les plus grands écrivains l’ont même écrit :
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             « La gentillesse est une qualité de l’intelligence », Voltaire
  « La gentillesse est la noblesse de l’intelligence », Weber
        « Seuls les gens intelligents sont gentils », Sartre             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Contrairement au « Méchant », (qui écrase son prochain pour se protéger et être moins vulnérable),  le « Gentil » prend pertinemment le risque de se faire abuser dans le but unique de se préoccuper du bien être des autres : c’est une véritable grandeur d’esprit. Bien sûr, la gentillesse ne doit pas être confondue avec le sacrifice permanent, dont certaines personnes pourrait abuser. Mais arrêtons aussi de croire que l’Autre est un ennemi qui cherche toujours à nous nuire !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              La récompense des gentils ? Le bonheur, pardi !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toutes les études le disent, le fait d’être gentil au quotidien est une source de bien-être, de sérénité et permet de perpétuer la bonne humeur. Alors que la méfiance et l’agressivité apportent un sentiment d’isolement, d’angoisse et de stress, la gentillesse apporte une réelle touche d’optimisme à la vie. De plus, il paraît qu’être gentil est bénéfique pour la santé. D’après l’étude « Granting forgiveness or harboring grudges », publiée dans le Psychological Science en 2001, les émotions positives et l’état d’empathie génèrent une poussée de sérotonine (neurotransmetteur indispensable au bien-être psychique), alors que les émotions négatives et le ressentiment élèvent le rythme cardiaque et la pression artérielle.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Attention, on dit que la gentillesse est … contagieuse ! Mais qui ne rêverait pas d’une épidémie mondiale de bonheur ?