Acts of Kindness

[baj1dallas]

Recently I found two rings out in front of a busy bus stop, near our library, as I walk to my parking lot after work.
I don't think they have much value.
Who would you return that to? I'm not sure what to do with them.

you can try posting on craigslist, it has a lost and found iirc.

 

[TheDallasDon]

I found a dollar the other day and set it back on the ground for someone else to find.

Don't know if that counts for anything.

Well the problem with reverse pickpocketing is, they can think ur just pickpocketing them!!


Then ur like "I put a dollar in ur pocket" and there like "I'm calling the cops."

Cuz who's gonna believe that u put a dollar in there pocket, right? So that's why I don't like to do it sometimes

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

Yeah, i'd be worried they wouldn't listen when you tried to tell them what you did.

My workplace has a volunteer network website, and my wife and I make sure to volunteer to help with various organizations at least once a month. Usually it's with kids, but we will volunteer for any good cause.

 

[Signals]

I was once offered sex from my brothers wife. I declined. I consider that an act of kindness, respect and benevolence toward my brother. That was more than 25 years ago. To this day I can look my brother in the eye knowing that he can trust me and the trust is real. I don't have shame to cope with. I don't have to lie to him or be in fear that he may find out. I don't have to deal with denial about violating his covenant with his wife. I have no confession to make to him that would devastate him. When I am around my brother I am at peace with my private actions toward his wife. The rewards my brother and I experience are limitless and will last a life time.

These things are priceless and cannot be bought, only earned.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I was once offered sex from my brothers wife. I declined. I consider that an act of kindness, respect and benevolence toward my brother. That was more than 25 years ago. To this day I can look my brother in the eye knowing that he can trust me and the trust is real. I don't have shame to cope with. I don't have to lie to him or be in fear that he may find out. I don't have to deal with denial about violating his covenant with his wife. I have no confession to make to him that would devastate him. When I am around my brother I am at peace with my private actions toward his wife. The rewards my brother and I experience are limitless and will last a life time.

These things are priceless and cannot be bought, only earned.

I was waiting for the punchline.

Is he still with her, if so ... uncomfortable!

 

[vta]

I was once offered sex from my brothers wife. I declined. I consider that an act of kindness, respect and benevolence toward my brother. That was more than 25 years ago. To this day I can look my brother in the eye knowing that he can trust me and the trust is real. I don't have shame to cope with. I don't have to lie to him or be in fear that he may find out. I don't have to deal with denial about violating his covenant with his wife. I have no confession to make to him that would devastate him. When I am around my brother I am at peace with my private actions toward his wife. The rewards my brother and I experience are limitless and will last a life time.

These things are priceless and cannot be bought, only earned.

Didn't that kind of create an odd situation for every time you see her? At least in the early days?

 

[locked&loaded]

I was once offered sex from my brothers wife. I declined. I consider that an act of kindness, respect and benevolence toward my brother. That was more than 25 years ago. To this day I can look my brother in the eye knowing that he can trust me and the trust is real. I don't have shame to cope with. I don't have to lie to him or be in fear that he may find out. I don't have to deal with denial about violating his covenant with his wife. I have no confession to make to him that would devastate him. When I am around my brother I am at peace with my private actions toward his wife. The rewards my brother and I experience are limitless and will last a life time.

These things are priceless and cannot be bought, only earned.

Weird...

 

[Dallas]

Didn't that kind of create an odd situation for every time you see her? At least in the early days?

Only on CBZ.com will you see this kind of material. Im still trying to wrap my head around the whole act of kindness by not having sex w/ your brothers wife.

YOUR SUPPOSED TO NOT HAVE SEX w/ YOUR BROTHERS WIFE !!

Did you ever discuss the situation w/ your brother and ask where your "thank you" was?


What if she were one of Charlie Sheens "Goddesses?"

 

[Signals]

I was waiting for the punchline.

Is he still with her, if so ... uncomfortable!

No, they are divorced for obvious reasons.

Didn't that kind of create an odd situation for every time you see her? At least in the early days?

Not for me it didn't. I have no idea what kind of thoughts or feelings she has or had about it. Thats between her, her maker and my brother, the father of her child.

Early on in the divorce I came into question. Because my brother and I look a lot alike, my niece resembled both of us as an infant. I was a more than willing participant to a DNA test. I still am and I have no fear about the outcome.

 

[Wimbo]

My buddies and I do this kind of stuff all the time...
~Pay for the car behind you in the drive through, and drive away before they notice who you are.
~Pay the attendant for whoever comes next at the toll booth.
~Annonymously pay for the meal of someone in the same restaurant.
~etc.

Through the church we did some fun stuff as well, no strings attached... like a $1.00 car wash, only when people came to pay us, we gave them a dollar instead of taking one.
We also bought down the price of gas by $0.50 per gallon until we ran out of money... a couple of hours. We had cars backed up for 45 minutes just to save $6.00 on their fill up. People felt blessed, and we had a lot of fun.

A group of buddies and I loaded up the back of our pickups with clothes we collected from neighbors & towed a big grill to downtown Atlanta where we cooked hotdogs and gave out clothes to homeless people.

Lots of stories...

 

[vta]

My buddies and I do this kind of stuff all the time...
~Pay for the car behind you in the drive through, and drive away before they notice who you are.
~Pay the attendant for whoever comes next at the toll booth.
~Annonymously pay for the meal of someone in the same restaurant.
~etc.

Through the church we did some fun stuff as well, no strings attached... like a $1.00 car wash, only when people came to pay us, we gave them a dollar instead of taking one.
We also bought down the price of gas by $0.50 per gallon until we ran out of money... a couple of hours. We had cars backed up for 45 minutes just to save $6.00 on their fill up. People felt blessed, and we had a lot of fun.

A group of buddies and I loaded up the back of our pickups with clothes we collected from neighbors & towed a big grill to downtown Atlanta where we cooked hotdogs and gave out clothes to homeless people.

Lots of stories...

 

[Dallas]

My buddies and I do this kind of stuff all the time...
~Pay for the car behind you in the drive through, and drive away before they notice who you are.
~Pay the attendant for whoever comes next at the toll booth.
~Annonymously pay for the meal of someone in the same restaurant.
~etc.

Through the church we did some fun stuff as well, no strings attached... like a $1.00 car wash, only when people came to pay us, we gave them a dollar instead of taking one.
We also bought down the price of gas by $0.50 per gallon until we ran out of money... a couple of hours. We had cars backed up for 45 minutes just to save $6.00 on their fill up. People felt blessed, and we had a lot of fun.

A group of buddies and I loaded up the back of our pickups with clothes we collected from neighbors & towed a big grill to downtown Atlanta where we cooked hotdogs and gave out clothes to homeless people.

Lots of stories...

You have always been a stand up guy, Wimbo. Glad you are part of our community here.

Those are some excellent ways to pay it forward.

 

[notherbob]

My way of being kind to people is to help MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staph Aurius - the flesh eating bacteria) patients learn about natural ways to deal with their condition and help cure themselves in the process.

Some of the most knowledgeable scientists in the world doing research into garlic consider me to be an uncommonly well informed layman on the subject and I should be since I have read their research papers and read their books and have met them in person and engaged in discussions with them. I use the knowledge I have gained from them to teach MRSA patients about the properties of crushed raw non-irradiated garlic (CRG) so that they can use it to treat themselves and many have done so with great success. I do not charge anything to educate these people.

CRG kills all bacteria on contact and MRSA cannot become immune to it like it has the pharmaceutical antibiotics since CRG kills in a different way. Pharmaceutical antibiotics work by blocking chemical receptors on the outer cell walls of bacteria but garlic penetrates into the bacterial cells forcing them to swell up and burst, killing them - they cannot become immune to that.

Eating garlic doesn't kill MRSA, it has to be applied directly to the affected area.

If anyone has any interest in this subject, please PM me and I will be happy to provide details.

It is immensely satisfying to me to be able to educate people to help themselves when the health care industry has not been very successful at dealing effectively with MRSA and other bacterial conditions.

I am not a doctor of any kind so I cannot give any medical advice and I don't. All I can do is discuss the known properties of CRG and let people and their health care providors do as they see fit.

It's very gratifying when people thank me for helping them learn how to help themselves.

You cannot believe the misery and expense this debilitating condition causes people - many thousands die from it each year.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Good thread.

A few weeks ago, I was filling up at a gas station in Ft. Worth when an individual got out of his car and ask if I can put just a little bit of gas in his car. He told me he had been sleeping in his car since his mother recently died and was trying to get enough gas to make it to the homeless shelter.

Of course you never know what's true and what isn't but I ended filling the guy's gas tank up. I could tell he was somewhat genuine as he constantly told me to stop and that he didn't need that much gas.

Anywho, the only favor I asked is that when he gets on his feet and is able too, do the same for another person.

Did he pull one over on me? Who knows. All that matters is where one's heart is when doing these things.

 

[Hostile]

My buddies and I do this kind of stuff all the time...
~Pay for the car behind you in the drive through, and drive away before they notice who you are.
~Pay the attendant for whoever comes next at the toll booth.
~Annonymously pay for the meal of someone in the same restaurant.
~etc.

Through the church we did some fun stuff as well, no strings attached... like a $1.00 car wash, only when people came to pay us, we gave them a dollar instead of taking one.
We also bought down the price of gas by $0.50 per gallon until we ran out of money... a couple of hours. We had cars backed up for 45 minutes just to save $6.00 on their fill up. People felt blessed, and we had a lot of fun.

A group of buddies and I loaded up the back of our pickups with clothes we collected from neighbors & towed a big grill to downtown Atlanta where we cooked hotdogs and gave out clothes to homeless people.

Lots of stories...

A buddy and I have done this a few times for soldiers. One time Kelly shelled out for 6 guys. He never even blinked.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I was waiting for the punchline.

Is he still with her, if so ... uncomfortable!

So was I.

:laugh1:

 

[danielofthesaints]

I'm chaperoning a dance tonight called First Friday Friends where teenagers with autism, down syndrome, speech/sight impediments, and learning disabilities come hang out and dance with us for 3 hours. It's equivalent to a social dance, but these kids go all out and it is a sure joy to experience. My first time left me sore the day after. Hope tonight goes just as well.

 

[Wimbo]

I'm chaperoning a dance tonight called First Friday Friends where teenagers with autism, down syndrome, speech/sight impediments, and learning disabilities come hang out and dance with us for 3 hours. It's equivalent to a social dance, but these kids go all out and it is a sure joy to experience. My first time left me sore the day after. Hope tonight goes just as well.

:bravo:

 

[Anjinsan]

Throughout the daily toils of life, it can be difficult to see the small gems of benevolence that each day provides. We rarely ever hear much about good deeds, act of kindness, heroic efforts, etc. in the news anymore, so I figured I wanted to start an inspiring thread about the good in humanity. If you have any stories of personal acts, observed acts, or "heard through the grapevine" acts of kindness that have inspired you to become a better person, even if its for the period of that day, please share.

Pay it Forward is one of my favorite movies of all time.

 

[danielofthesaints]

Pay it Forward is one of my favorite movies of all time.

to the netflixmobile!