Share with me how you demonstrate kindness to others, how can you do more?
I donate blood and platelets every two weeks and donate money to charities I support. I thought about doing work in the old age home but I don't know if I would be any good at it. I guess I should try.
I lived in Italy for three years in a little village called la maddalena. Itβs off the coast of northern Sardinia on the island of la maddalena in the archipelago Della la maddalena in the boca di bonafaccio. Beautiful. There was this old woman, toothless, in rags, hideously dirty, w/o protective clothing that would wander the village. Every time I saw her, I stopped, spoke with and gave her some money to help her. I do the same for most down and out people that I meet within reason.
I keep care packs in my car. The each have $5, a pair of sox, a mylar emergency rescue blanket, and several disposable personal wipes. When I see someone holding a sign asking for handouts I try to hand them a bag. In summer I'm more likely to just hand out the $5. I have a stack of $5s hidden in my car to make it easier for me. The bags are in plain sight but they look like bags full of sox and other stuff, not like money.
Well, they say, "you have to be cruel to be kind" so I may be very kind indeed. Is insulting someone in such a way that they take it as a compliment kindness, I seem to have that down to a fine art. It is very easy to do here in Australia, in fact it is so easy, you don't have to say it, people say it for you. In Oct 2015 one of our august leaders, just happens to be our ambassador to the USA at the moment, stood in our Parliament and stated "I am not so conceited as to believe that I could have taken a seat in this chamber without the fulsome support of my beloved Liberal Party." given that the true meaning of fulsome is βoffending from excess or want of measureβ or βdisgusting, repulsive, odiousβ.
Not to be outdone our then Prime Minister. βNo one,β Tony Abbott told a Melbourne gathering of Liberal Party faithful, βhowever smart, however well-educated, however experienced β¦ is the suppository of all wisdomβ. Apparently he is now the subject of a role playing game, "Tony Abbot and the quest for the suppository of Wisdom." [tonyabbottandthequestforthesuppositoryofwisdom.com.au]
Only in Australia?
I nurture through food in my personal life love to bring people together
When a 'howling preacher type' accosted me in the street in Redhill, and told me that my only hope of escaping eternal damnation was by 'allowing the lord Jesus into my heart and soul', I demonstrated my kindness and compassion by smiling sweetly rather than telling him that he was a MORONIC FUCKWIT.
Great restraint
I don't have much these days due to forced retirement but when I get xtra from the food bank I share with anyone who needs help.
Sometimes I let them live after saying something stupid to me.
Awesome...generosity lol