Why does service have such a good after-feel?
Not many things can leave you feeling as good as doing service. I just recently finished doing about 2 hours of service feeding the people at a homeless shelter. It just felt so good before, during and after the service. It's amazing. I believe service feels so good for a few reasons. One being that we are just born liking the feeling of it, and so we want to do it. It probably sends really cool hormones to our brains and makes us feel good. The other reason is that it's other-oriented. I personally know that when I'm having a hard day, instead of stressing out about it, I just do service. For some reason it helps me feel calm and peaceful. It helps me realize that my life isn't that tough and the a lot of people have it worse. So, basically I guess the moral of this story is... that when you're having a hard day, just do service and it will make you feel better.