Random Acts of Kindness
Crackhouseceilidhband asks: Has anyone ever been nice to you, out of the blue, for no reason? Have you ever helped an old lady across the road, even if she didn't want to? Make me believe that the world is a better place than the media and experience suggest
( , Thu 9 Feb 2012, 13:03)
Crackhouseceilidhband asks: Has anyone ever been nice to you, out of the blue, for no reason? Have you ever helped an old lady across the road, even if she didn't want to? Make me believe that the world is a better place than the media and experience suggest
( , Thu 9 Feb 2012, 13:03)
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I saw the title and thought "I have a story for that!".
In my late teens, I remember reading a quote 'every man is guilty of the good deeds he doesn't do'. I don't know who said it, or why, or whether they were spiritual or secular. Either way, something about it resonated with me. I'm an atheist, the only person I expect to judge my life is me.(Or possibly a judge and a jury of my peers. I digress...)
Ever since then, I've taken every opportunity I can to do good deeds, whether for people I know or strangers, be it big or almost inconsequential.
But I won't share them. Because I also believe that good things should be done for their own sake, not for praise or reward.
So I'm afraid I haven't actually got a story this week.
(I did just get given a free snake by someone who was in the Human Centipede 2, though, which is both random and an act of kindness, though!)
( , Wed 15 Feb 2012, 18:03, Reply)
In my late teens, I remember reading a quote 'every man is guilty of the good deeds he doesn't do'. I don't know who said it, or why, or whether they were spiritual or secular. Either way, something about it resonated with me. I'm an atheist, the only person I expect to judge my life is me.(Or possibly a judge and a jury of my peers. I digress...)
Ever since then, I've taken every opportunity I can to do good deeds, whether for people I know or strangers, be it big or almost inconsequential.
But I won't share them. Because I also believe that good things should be done for their own sake, not for praise or reward.
So I'm afraid I haven't actually got a story this week.
(I did just get given a free snake by someone who was in the Human Centipede 2, though, which is both random and an act of kindness, though!)
( , Wed 15 Feb 2012, 18:03, Reply)
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