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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/22/2005 9:35:18 PM

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Got all choked up on some of those

I try to do little kindnesses for people as well but I have to attribute this to the example my parents set...my Father was always the first one to pull over for a disabled vehicle and offer assitance. I can remember doing something similar to what one of you posted one evening coming back from a day trip with a mom and 6 little kids whose car had broken down. They had just spent the day at the lake and were soaking wet and sandy but my Parents piled them all into our sedan and drove them 1 1/2 hours back to where they lived.

My Husband and I have done our own share of playing the good samaritan and there's nothing like the feeling you get from making someone else's day. Studying in the medical profession I think I get many more opportunities to do small kindnesses than I have before...it's amazing the very minute things that make a world of difference.

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/25/2005 5:06:50 PM

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several years back, my mother told me, "Honey, I am over 60. I have all the *stuff* I could possibly need. What I want you to do instead, is do nice things for other people throughout the year, and write me a letter at Christmas time and tell me about them."

I've been doing it since. It definately changes your outlook when you are actively seeking out opportunities to do nice things. Just last week, I got to play Umbrella Brigade at my local grocery store during a sudden downpour. Started off with a little old lady who had 'just got her hair done!' and was wearing a plastic grocery bag (which was leaking water-soluable dye) on her head, got her ferried to the car and her groceries put away, and went from there. It was loads of fun. :-)

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/27/2005 11:07:15 AM

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As for the best deed I can think of, it all started out from a BDSM night in Houston at the old House of HaWay. My sis and I where just a few miles away from home at 4am when we noticed a SUV had rolled over in front of our very eyes. So we stoped to help them out. After all was said and done with the police and firemen, this non english speaking espanic family had no way to get back home to houston. A man, his wife, and 3 kids with the eldest being pregnant. They where on there way to Houston and had atleast $300 worth of groceries. They refused hospital treatment and said that there ID's somewheres in the car. Well no one was seriously injured and the State Trooper can't do anything about illegal immigrants. After all it's a federal matter. Any how, there was also a truck driver who was behind them when the accident occured. With his help, my sis and I were able to pile them up in my ford escort, me and one of the teens in the truck, most of there groceries, and drove them all the way back to Houston. The truck driver was going to houston anyways. Then my sis and I finally made it back home and I had a mudy escort to clean. They offered money for our help to clean the car with but my sis has always been to kind to except.

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/27/2005 11:18:30 AM

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Kindness is a base line quality with me, whether it be friend or life partner. To me, true kindness fills a "obvious need" such as a food, clothing or shelter, but also fills a need for dignity, face-saving, and elevating someone's face from their toes to the stars.

i know we all agree bragging is untoward; but i remember every single woman and mother i had helped leave a battering relationship. i know i saved lives. i know i put myself at risk to do this work. i would still be at it, but my body won't tolerate the stress.

When i die and am judged, i believe there will be a chorus of former clients asking for forgiveness of my sins, out of the feelings of gratitude they still have.

i now need a new way to "give back" that suits me; but i am so proud of that work with battered women.

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/27/2005 1:17:41 PM

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I can't say just how many times I've been in a position to help people in accidents. I have a little bit of massage therapy, and vicaiously, medical training. Not enough to operate on someone, granted, but enough to help most of the time.

A particular event I remember was one night, after my husband and I had gone to go see a movie, I noticed flames coming from a field, and then, looking closer, recognized it was a car on fire. I made hubby turn around and go back, just in case there was someone in the car that needed help.

When we got there, we found that the driver was DWI, and had been going way too fast on the exit ramp, and had crashed thru a fence and rolled his car several times and then hit an electrical post. I don't know how he crawled out of the car, but he did, and was laying a couple of yards from the flames. No one else had stopped, so no one had called the fire dept, or ambulance, or anything, so we called who we needed to.
Come to find out, the man had no family, no friends, and lived alone since his wife had left him. Hubby and I accompanied him to the hospital, and waited for several hours to find out his condition.
He told us that that was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him. I was just glad we were there.

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/27/2005 8:25:28 PM

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wow, KCMOLucky. Very, very impressive.

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/30/2005 8:55:38 AM

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Oprah is big on random acts of kindness.

random means just that....random.
someone does something for some just cuz they feel like it.

i know a woman who buys a dozen roses on sale at WalMart for $5 and then goes with her grandsom to just give them out.... one to an old sad looking lady in the store, one to a bank teller, one to a distressed looking gas pumper.........etc......
the boy is lerning a random act of kindness is tomake another person smile and be surprised.
the grandmother is teaching thoughtfulness.
the receivers and showered upon a blessing just for being there.
who "wins" and gets a "reward" in the end?
if that were a motivation, then IMHO, its not a random act of kindness.

a hug to eveyone today...cause i just need to do it

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/30/2005 11:54:39 AM

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ORIGINAL: slavedesires

i know a woman who buys a dozen roses on sale at WalMart for $5 and then goes with her grandsom to just give them out.... one to an old sad looking lady in the store, one to a bank teller, one to a distressed looking gas pumper.........etc......

That is SUCH a great idea! I buy flowers every week for my house, and instead, I could do that, and it'd make me feel so much better, and happier, too!

Thanks for the wonderful idea, hun!

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RE: Random acts of kindness - 8/30/2005 7:09:55 PM

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Its not boasting, its sharing experiences. Maybe if more ppl share, then others will see that there are still good ppl out there. Its good to give ideas out, maybe some one to help but dunno how.

As far as animals, gotta love the stray ones. Dont particularly think its an act of kindness, most ppl dont see it as i do. Stray animals i love. i used to tame feral cats, just randomly take care of them. i think the wierdest thing i've done (by others definitions) is when i saw a dead stray dog on the side of the road. Animals dead on the road hits a special nerve in me. i pulled over, grabbed a blanket out of my car, put it over the dog and picked it up out of the middle of the road and placed it on the grass. Hoping that the care would reach its soul somewhere. All i could think about was that poor stray, prolly hadnt shown it any care or love and i was actually torn up inside over the thought of it living its life and death with no love. Heh, i actually cried for the animal. So like i said, i hoped the care i showed it in death, reached its soul somewhere.

BUT tell folks you picked up a dog in the middle of busy street and to put it on the grass.. they'll think you're nuts. LOL course the explanation might seem nuts too!

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