Doing a thoughtful act can benifit a person in many different ways. One way is that whenn u do a thoughtful act for someone you get a good feeling about it. A good feeling can lead you to do more. Also it can influence a person who witnessed it and make them want to give kindness to someone. Also the person who recieves it will treat you with more respect and do the same to you. Its all about how you treat people. If you treat people nice your act will