ARe you a kind person?

[alwaysawake]

Are you only kind to your friends? No, I treat everybody the same...I just may not talk to strangers as quickly because of shyness.

Are you kind to everyone regardless of the risks involved for you? Yes, but there are few 'risks' about being myself and showing compassion for a fellow human being.

Would you give the blind man with a tin cup a dollar? Absolutely

How do you measure kindness? I treat all people the way I wish to be treated and use that as a measuring stick.

Have you ever felt that you need to learn to be more unkind on occasion?
Sometimes it IS hard to say NO, but it depends on the situation/person as to whether the NO is tough to say.

 

[Freya]

Are you only kind to your friends?

Are you kind to everyone regardless of the risks involved for you? I'm actually a pretty kind person, but I can be rude if I need to. I hate people that attack others for no discernible reason, and I'm very vehement in the defense of my friends.

Would you give teh blind man with a tin cup a dollar? Sometimes

How do you measure kindness? I dont think it's measurable - it's either there or not.

Have you ever felt that you need to learn to be more unkind on occasion? Yes, I tend to get trampled on.

So many questions....pick and chose!

 

[kikmosa]

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(now what did I do with my sign.... " Will work for sex!")

Once saw a guy sitting at the entrance of the parking lot where I worked holding a sign that said he would work for food. So I pulled into the nearest McDonalds (right on the same cornor) and went in and bought him a meal. Always been told that they were just bumming for money so they wouldn't have to work. When I gave the guy the meal, he thanked me and smiled. I walked away but when I got back to my car, I looked back and saw him walking towards a beat up old van. When he got there and opened the door, a bunch of kids climbed out. The youngest wasn't but around maybe 6. The oldest looked 14. They all gathered around him and he started splitting the meal among them. I went back into the McDonalds and asked to see the manager. When he came out I pointed out the window and told him about it. I asked him if there was some kind of special that I could get to take to them. He looked for a minute at the guy trying to split a single pack of fries with all those kids and turned and started giving orders. Before I knew it there were enough meals for them each to have one. When I asked him what I owed he said just a smile. He and I carried the meals out to the van and started giving them out. I'll never forget the looks on those kids faces as they got their meals, complete with toys, and realized they had a whole one to themselves. The guy cried and told us about his wife leaving him and the kids and how he was trying to get back to his family with them. He said that people everywhere had been so kind. That somehow something always happened to meet he needs of his kids. We talked awhile and turned to leave when one of the workers from the McDonalds came out with a small bag. She said that everyone had been watching through the window and some of the workers decided to chip in a few dollars to help. The next thing they knew the patrens were walking by and dropping money into the bag also. Before they finished the bag was full of dollars and change. By just that one second of stopping and trying to help someone, dozens of lives were touched and uplifted. So next time you see someone holding a sign that says will work for food, take a chance and buy them a meal. Maybe you will start a chain-reaction of your own.

 

[alwaysawake]

Are you a kind person?

Once saw a guy sitting at the entrance of the parking lot where I worked holding a sign that said he would work for food. So I pulled into the nearest McDonalds (right on the same cornor) and went in and bought him a meal. Always been told that they were just bumming for money so they wouldn't have to work. When I gave the guy the meal, he thanked me and smiled. I walked away but when I got back to my car, I looked back and saw him walking towards a beat up old van. When he got there and opened the door, a bunch of kids climbed out. The youngest wasn't but around maybe 6. The oldest looked 14. They all gathered around him and he started splitting the meal among them. I went back into the McDonalds and asked to see the manager. When he came out I pointed out the window and told him about it. I asked him if there was some kind of special that I could get to take to them. He looked for a minute at the guy trying to split a single pack of fries with all those kids and turned and started giving orders. Before I knew it there were enough meals for them each to have one. When I asked him what I owed he said just a smile. He and I carried the meals out to the van and started giving them out. I'll never forget the looks on those kids faces as they got their meals, complete with toys, and realized they had a whole one to themselves. The guy cried and told us about his wife leaving him and the kids and how he was trying to get back to his family with them. He said that people everywhere had been so kind. That somehow something always happened to meet he needs of his kids. We talked awhile and turned to leave when one of the workers from the McDonalds came out with a small bag. She said that everyone had been watching through the window and some of the workers decided to chip in a few dollars to help. The next thing they knew the patrens were walking by and dropping money into the bag also. Before they finished the bag was full of dollars and change. By just that one second of stopping and trying to help someone, dozens of lives were touched and uplifted. So next time you see someone holding a sign that says will work for food, take a chance and buy them a meal. Maybe you will start a chain-reaction of your own.

I carry a five dollar book of McDonalds coupons in my wallet (available at the counter) and will give the needy person one or two of those instead of cash...that way I know it is going for food and not alochol/drugs. (Dumb, but have done it that way for years!) AA

 

[whatsinanameuk]

Kindness

What an interesting and challenging thread - it does stop you in your tracks and make your think!

The truth is I want to be and try to be. The state of mind is there and acted upon mist of the time, but if someone annoys me then the good intentions can fly out the window.

Bottom line is our lives ans those of everyone we touch are so much better lived with a disposition to kindness. After all life is all relationship, with each other, with the earth ...

 

[kikmosa]

Re: Are you a kind person?

I carry a five dollar book of McDonalds coupons in my wallet (available at the counter) and will give the needy person one or two of those instead of cash...that way I know it is going for food and not alochol/drugs. (Dumb, but have done it that way for years!) AA

Not dumb at all, AA. Same reason I give them food instead of money.

 

[Freya]

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Once saw a guy sitting at the entrance of the parking lot where I worked holding a sign that said he would work for food. So I pulled into the nearest McDonalds (right on the same cornor) and went in and bought him a meal. Always been told that they were just bumming for money so they wouldn't have to work. When I gave the guy the meal, he thanked me and smiled. I walked away but when I got back to my car, I looked back and saw him walking towards a beat up old van. When he got there and opened the door, a bunch of kids climbed out. The youngest wasn't but around maybe 6. The oldest looked 14. They all gathered around him and he started splitting the meal among them. I went back into the McDonalds and asked to see the manager. When he came out I pointed out the window and told him about it. I asked him if there was some kind of special that I could get to take to them. He looked for a minute at the guy trying to split a single pack of fries with all those kids and turned and started giving orders. Before I knew it there were enough meals for them each to have one. When I asked him what I owed he said just a smile. He and I carried the meals out to the van and started giving them out. I'll never forget the looks on those kids faces as they got their meals, complete with toys, and realized they had a whole one to themselves. The guy cried and told us about his wife leaving him and the kids and how he was trying to get back to his family with them. He said that people everywhere had been so kind. That somehow something always happened to meet he needs of his kids. We talked awhile and turned to leave when one of the workers from the McDonalds came out with a small bag. She said that everyone had been watching through the window and some of the workers decided to chip in a few dollars to help. The next thing they knew the patrens were walking by and dropping money into the bag also. Before they finished the bag was full of dollars and change. By just that one second of stopping and trying to help someone, dozens of lives were touched and uplifted. So next time you see someone holding a sign that says will work for food, take a chance and buy them a meal. Maybe you will start a chain-reaction of your own.

You are an amazing person. People like you renew my faith in humanity.

 

[kikmosa]

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You are an amazing person. People like you renew my faith in humanity.

Thanks but I'm not anything special. Just know what it's like to be hungry. Hate to think of anyone going without food just because they fell on hard times. If I have it, why not share it.

 

[alwaysawake]

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Thanks but I'm not anything special. Just know what it's like to be hungry. Hate to think of anyone going without food just because they fell on hard times. If I have it, why not share it.

I agree totally...guess I am just a softy under my huge exterior! LOL

 

[MissTaken]

Wow!

You guys really are some very nice folks. OF course, I knew that!


I aspire to be a bit more like Freya.

I need to find a balance in my life between kindness and survival. Yes, all too often, I have given when I shouldn't have.

I will learn some day!

 

[kikmosa]

Wow!

You guys really are some very nice folks. OF course, I knew that!


I aspire to be a bit more like Freya.

I need to find a balance in my life between kindness and survival. Yes, all too often, I have given when I shouldn't have.

I will learn some day!

We all give more then we should sometimes. And yes we should learn how to watch out for ourselves better. But if we never take a chance then how can we find out. Wether it's in love or just in life, we have to chance it sooner or later or we miss it altogether.

And if we give too much, at least it was our choice to give. That's much better then having it taken without a choice.

 

[kikmosa]

 

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