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Now... Some random moments of kindness: (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2013 OP
Good stuff. nt DirkGently Sep 2013 #1
K&R Sissyk Sep 2013 #2
... handmade34 Sep 2013 #3
lol! Sissyk Sep 2013 #4
I needed that nt Tigress DEM Sep 2013 #5
Just beautiful! defacto7 Sep 2013 #6
I really and truly hope this catches on. RC Sep 2013 #7
K&R DeSwiss Sep 2013 #8
Cross-posted to the Good News group, hope you don't mind a2liberal Sep 2013 #9
Inspiring.. We can do it! Cha Sep 2013 #10
A little faith-in-humanity restoration -- thank you Hekate Sep 2013 #11
This reminds me of a time when my whole family was going somewhere and some kids were selling Maraya1969 Sep 2013 #12
Thanks MrScorpio, that truly brightened my morning. Scuba Sep 2013 #13
Just lovely, MrScorpio...we need to feel this loving human warmth Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #14
Thanks for this OP! dreamnightwind Sep 2013 #15
K&R, because it matters so much. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #16

Maraya1969

(22,477 posts)
12. This reminds me of a time when my whole family was going somewhere and some kids were selling
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 02:09 AM
Sep 2013

lemonade and we didn't have time to stop. So my mother threw some coins, (it was a LONG time ago) out the window and said, "We'll be back for our lemonade later. Of course we didn't go back but it was one a many lessons my parents taught me.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
14. Just lovely, MrScorpio...we need to feel this loving human warmth
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 08:26 AM
Sep 2013

everyday. Otherwise, life is just not worth the pain and trouble.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
15. Thanks for this OP!
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 04:06 PM
Sep 2013

I used to love to read the writings of a woman named Anne Herbert, don't hear about her anymore. I think she was the one who coined the phrase random acts of kindness, senseless acts acts of beauty. She was also a remarkably honest human, her writing reflected that, it was that rare honesty that just jumped off the page and hit you. I forget where I used to read her work, probably the old CoEvolution Quarterly (the predecessor of the Whole Earth Review, hope I'm remembering this correctly).

Used the google on her:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1426255.Random_Acts_of_Kindness
http://goodneighborstories.com/tag/anne-herbert/

Anyway she isn't really the point, though I don't know how many people these days are aware of her.

The real point is the kind of things shown in this OP, which are more relevant and needed today than ever.

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