Acts Of Kindness

My boyfriend and I drove past an old homeless person last night and saw that all they had for bedding was a dirty pillow. So we drove home to get a big warm blanket and went back and gave it to them… Not exactly a big thing to do, but I feel better knowing they won’t be as cold on these chilly nights.

Seeing homeless people always makes me feel sad. Most homeless people are homeless due to mental illness or domestic violence. So I always think “That could be me… That could be anyone.”

Everybody is someone 🙁

I’ve never donated blood before. Can you tell me the side effects you’ve experienced? Or side effects you’ve known others to experience?

I used to weigh less than 45 kg (a long time ago, when I last looked into donating blood) and wasn’t allowed to donate blood.
I’m healthier now so I could do it, but from my experiences having blood tests, I’m reluctant – The sucking sensation is absolutely horrible and I always pass out and get sick, then feel dizzy on and off for the next day.

I know it’s selfish, but I’m reluctant to donate blood simply because it makes me feel so awful. I’d almost prefer to break an arm or something!

I’m so happy you’ve let us know you donated plasma, Pink_Sugar! I know it’s a challenge for you to talk about it XXX

Donating blood!! Great idea! I must do that <3

Double posting is not kind…sorry.

I think this thread is a lovely idea to encourage us to be good citizens, members of a community and kind to each other.

I think this thread is lovely 🙂 It’s promoting sharing positive experiences instead of inviting everyone to a brag-off.

I have never publicly talked about my good deeds, for me it’s just something you should do. But for the sake pf this thread, I would always go out of my way to help people at my old work (was working away and in a camp, if you’re new and lost it’s very easily to tell). I helped many people find their rooms, get correct buses, even told them to take our bus because they had missed theirs/it was full (different contractors). The same people would have people all around them and no one would offer any assistance, so it makes you feel good that even something so small can have such a positive effect on someones day.

I love that you donate blood Pink_Sugar – I think that’s amazing as not many people I know do it.
* Just a disclaimer I don’t donate blood (they won’t accept it in case of Mad Cow Disease).

Hugs and kisses to you, Heidi! I know what you mean.

I honestly feel weird about it. I don’t know why, I just feel it’s personal. My reasons are personal.

But I’ll give it a go! 🙂

The only thing I’ve mentioned on here is that I regularly donate blood. Which is really personal because to me it’s like I’m giving a part of myself to someone.

And something that I don’t feel particularly good about but I still feel think it was a good thing to do was helping out a “friend”. I mentioned her in great detail in the ending toxic friendships thread.
Even though I know she’s using me, I was still able to help her.

On this forum I like to sign and share petitions in re. to animal and children’s rights.

I don’t see enough acts of kindness. I was hoping that by creating this thread, I might promote some love, inspire people and get them feeling more positive about sharing their ideas and doing such things…

Hmmm… It’s quite true that “bragging” about it kind of defeats the purpose. However, for me personally, this is the first time I’ve talked about it, and it’s on here (to people who don’t actually even know me – So it’s really quite anonymous)…

And maybe in suggesting that we should keep “good deeds” to ourselves, we’re doing a far worse thing than the “bragging” we believe is bad, as shutting it off like that is also wrong, causing it to become a sort of double negative?
It may also, in turn, generally cause people not to bother focusing on it in the first place.

Either way, I think it’s great to be generous and to do good, regardless of whether people talk about it or not.
And I think it’s a positive thing to feel good about good deeds. It’s a terrible notion that feeling good about it makes us less humble.
Talking about it creates waves that make things happen 🙂

Personally I don’t like talking about the good deeds I’ve done and my charity work. It’s personal to me, it means a lot and I don’t find the need to discuss it.
Unless I’m raising awareness or funds for something, I just keep on quietly truckin 😉

My mother used to tell me… actually still tells me (and it’s translated something like this) when you do a good deed with your left hand, the right hand must never find out.
I took this as just keep on doing on what you’re doing without blabbing on about it to people and trying to get credit for your good deeds.

I found this quote that I remember.