What is happening here?

brianlux

It just keeps happening. What the hell is going on here? Is there no end to this craziness?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/2 ... 48466.html

brianlux

Since I posted this horrible news I feel the need to counter balance it some how. Lets all try to be more courteous, respectful and as nice to people as possible. Yes, I know this sounds like peace and love nonsense but like the song said, "What's so funny about peace love and understanding anyway?"

Spread it around, make it infectious. Make our behavior an antidote to the killer mental virus of hate that is plaguing this nation, this world.

Peace, for gods sake peace and love.

Jeanwah

brianlux wrote:

Since I posted this horrible news I feel the need to counter balance it some how. Lets all try to be more courteous, respectful and as nice to people as possible. Yes, I know this sounds like peace and love nonsense but like the song said, "What's so funny about peace love and understanding anyway?"

Spread it around, make it infectious. Make our behavior an antidote to the killer mental virus of hate that is plaguing this nation, this world.

Peace, for gods sake peace and love.

Yeah, Brian, I refuse to read any more depressing news about this. People drown themselves in it and wonder why they're so depressed (my mother and in- laws).

Although I am not a fan of the made up holiday Christmas, I do celebrate Solstice and choose peace over political conversations and my family's negative attitude on everything. Peace to all, now let me drink, then sleep.

Jeanwah

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

brianlux

Jeanwah wrote:

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

What a really fine story, Jeanwah! Thank you! I'm off to work with a little more hope in my heart!

Peace everyone.

hedonist

Jeanwah wrote:

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

I've been seeing (and am so happy to see) recounts of a similar nature lately. I think they happen more often than we hear, but in light of recent events, probably now brought more...to light.

Peace, indeed. I believe more are contributing to it than not.

pandora

Desperate people do desperate things. Evil scumbags do evil things.
Crazy people do crazy things. There is no controlling people.

We can control ourselves and set good examples in our homes for our children
and as a society help others who are struggling with demons.
There certainly are plenty.

redrock

hedonist wrote:

I've been seeing (and am so happy to see) recounts of a similar nature lately. I think they happen more often than we hear, but in light of recent events, probably now brought more...to light.

Peace, indeed. I believe more are contributing to it than not.

Agree hedonist. A lot of people contribute to these act of kindness amongst our human 'community' but most are discreet about it. More often then not, they are small, altruistic gestures but meaning a lot to those on the receiving end (and giving end maybe). I've been seeing that in my immediate community. Maybe we are a bit more sensitive right now and tend to 'share' these moments a bit more?

Peace
xxx

brianlux

redrock wrote:

hedonist wrote:

I've been seeing (and am so happy to see) recounts of a similar nature lately. I think they happen more often than we hear, but in light of recent events, probably now brought more...to light.

Peace, indeed. I believe more are contributing to it than not.

Agree hedonist. A lot of people contribute to these act of kindness amongst our human 'community' but most are discreet about it. More often then not, they are small, altruistic gestures but meaning a lot to those on the receiving end (and giving end maybe). I've been seeing that in my immediate community. Maybe we are a bit more sensitive right now and tend to 'share' these moments a bit more?

Peace
xxx

Let's keep sharing those moments of kindness- every time we hear of or witness one- until it becomes contagious. I'm not so naive as to believe we can rid the world of evil but the more altruism is spread the greater the focus on doing good things. That's my two cents- back to work.

Peace.

EdsonNascimento

brianlux wrote:

redrock wrote:

hedonist wrote:

I've been seeing (and am so happy to see) recounts of a similar nature lately. I think they happen more often than we hear, but in light of recent events, probably now brought more...to light.

Peace, indeed. I believe more are contributing to it than not.

Agree hedonist. A lot of people contribute to these act of kindness amongst our human 'community' but most are discreet about it. More often then not, they are small, altruistic gestures but meaning a lot to those on the receiving end (and giving end maybe). I've been seeing that in my immediate community. Maybe we are a bit more sensitive right now and tend to 'share' these moments a bit more?

Peace
xxx

Let's keep sharing those moments of kindness- every time we hear of or witness one- until it becomes contagious. I'm not so naive as to believe we can rid the world of evil but the more altruism is spread the greater the focus on doing good things. That's my two cents- back to work.

Peace.

Actually, I believe theres more kindness than evil in the world. The issues:

1) kindness isn't newsworthy
2) evil is shocking to the vast majority that can't fathom


Don't give up hope, or believe evil is taking over. Though I will be glad when folks stop acting so shocked at a random act of kindness.

Jeanwah

EdsonNascimento wrote:

brianlux wrote:

redrock wrote:

Agree hedonist. A lot of people contribute to these act of kindness amongst our human 'community' but most are discreet about it. More often then not, they are small, altruistic gestures but meaning a lot to those on the receiving end (and giving end maybe). I've been seeing that in my immediate community. Maybe we are a bit more sensitive right now and tend to 'share' these moments a bit more?

Peace
xxx

Let's keep sharing those moments of kindness- every time we hear of or witness one- until it becomes contagious. I'm not so naive as to believe we can rid the world of evil but the more altruism is spread the greater the focus on doing good things. That's my two cents- back to work.

Peace.

Actually, I believe theres more kindness than evil in the world. The issues:

1) kindness isn't newsworthy
2) evil is shocking to the vast majority that can't fathom


Don't give up hope, or believe evil is taking over. Though I will be glad when folks stop acting so shocked at a random act of kindness.

I agree, kindness just doesn't grab viewers quite like the drama does. Matters of the heart make people generally uncomfortable and speechless, that's why the good news threads and topics here don't generate many responses. I think if we all turned off mainstream news, people overall would be happier and nicer to each other.

dancepartner

Jeanwah and to all; basic human decency constantly trumps evil. It makes our state of civility so common; it's hardly headline news but when someone takes the time to share a reminder, it becomes the kinds of news that warms my heart. Makes me think about bringing good news to all -- is right at the top on the list of the best gifts we can give or get. Thank you.

A warm fire, warm toddy and warm arms to embrace, is the fortune I wish for you all during the folding of these final days in the year of our lord, 2012.

moretonbayfig

Jeanwah wrote:

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

Beautiful story Jeanwah. It seems everyone in the media and social media have an 'opinion' and a 'solution' when tragedies like this happen. If we could all stay with our emotions a little longer perhaps we could begin to have conversations about what we value which may lead to a myriad of unique ideas and outcomes for coping and 'moving forward'.

brianlux

Right on everybody! Let's keep the good stories in our news here as well. So much talk about guns and death and horror. It would be great if we could give more focus and credit to the good and kind acts. I'm all for that.

Here's one that's just a little thing- but little acts of goodness count too! A book seller I know bid on a book on eBay and the poor seller ended up paying more for the postage to send the book than they got for it in total. They lost money on the deal. After receiving the book, the buyer told the seller he would send more money to make the sale good. Sweet!

comebackgirl

A couple of weeks ago (before the CT shooting), my co-worker was grocery shopping with her daughter. As she was getting ready to check-out, the man behind her asked if he could pay for her groceries. She was skeptical at first, but he reassured her that he just wanted to do a random act of kindness. She was having a pretty tough day and she said it brightened her whole outlook

peacefrompaul

brianlux wrote:

Since I posted this horrible news I feel the need to counter balance it some how. Lets all try to be more courteous, respectful and as nice to people as possible. Yes, I know this sounds like peace and love nonsense but like the song said, "What's so funny about peace love and understanding anyway?"

Spread it around, make it infectious. Make our behavior an antidote to the killer mental virus of hate that is plaguing this nation, this world.

Peace, for gods sake peace and love.

So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

g under p

brianlux wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

What a really fine story, Jeanwah! Thank you! I'm off to work with a little more hope in my heart!

Peace everyone.

That beautiful Jeanwah, just awesome. I have a small one, last night I took my 16 year old daughter down Fort Lauderdale airport sending her off to her mother till January. Well her flight was delayed 4 hours, she held on tight to me as the airport so packed tighter than sardines. We were there way early and had seats as many slept on the floors, a pole, walls basically anywhere they could cop a spot.

So I see a lady painfully struggling with luggage and kids looking and looking for a place to just rest in wall to wall people. She saw nothing because there absolutely nowhere to go in our gate. I got up went over tapped on the shoulder as her kids were jumping around and asked, "is everything ok" she turned and little did I know she was crying. She said there's no place to go....I said come with me I've got something and walked her and the kids over to my seats that were in a corner off the beaten path with space. I told my daughter as she looked at me from her phone (what's going on?) and told her RAOK, she knew what it meant and we let the lady sit down with her kids. Set up her luggage, then me and my daughter sat down on the floor next to them. I then asked her if she would like some bottled water for her and the kids and she said thank you. Off I went while doing so a few folks stopped me and told me that was so nice of you to do that. I just said thanks, it's all good.

After the drink the kids settled down as we sat there for the next 3+ hours. I played with kids a bit till they fell asleep sometime later. I got a big kiss from my daughter (something she rarely does) as she nervously left (she doesn't like being away from me) to get on her plane. I had a huge smile on my long walk back to the parking lot.

Peace

Jeanwah

g under p wrote:

brianlux wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

This is a story that happened to a friend of mine who lives about 35 miles from Newtown.


So today a surprising thing happened to me...I was getting together gift baskets for the family and waffling over these really cute tins of candies. And then I saw the price so I put them back. Five minutes later this woman comes up to me with two tins and hands them to me. She wished me a Merry Christmas and gave me a slip of paper that said:
"In honor of the lives of the 26 children and adults that were taken from us in Connecticut, I offer you this random act of kindness in hopes of bringing a smile to your face this Christmas season."
I asked her if she was doing this through her church, and she said, "No. I'm from Littleon, Colorado and this is my way of coping. There was so much anger after Columbine that I'm trying to do my part to make something good come out of what happened in Newtown."
I feel so compelled to pay it forward right now. I was jolted out of my frantic last minute shopping by a reminder that people are honoring Newtown by just being really kind human beings.

What a really fine story, Jeanwah! Thank you! I'm off to work with a little more hope in my heart!

Peace everyone.

That beautiful Jeanwah, just awesome. I have a small one, last night I took my 16 year old daughter down Fort Lauderdale airport sending her off to her mother till January. Well her flight was delayed 4 hours, she held on tight to me as the airport so packed tighter than sardines. We were there way early and had seats as many slept on the floors, a pole, walls basically anywhere they could cop a spot.

So I see a lady painfully struggling with luggage and kids looking and looking for a place to just rest in wall to wall people. She saw nothing because there absolutely nowhere to go in our gate. I got up went over tapped on the shoulder as her kids were jumping around and asked, "is everything ok" she turned and little did I know she was crying. She said there's no place to go....I said come with me I've got something and walked her and the kids over to my seats that were in a corner off the beaten path with space. I told my daughter as she looked at me from her phone (what's going on?) and told her RAOK, she knew what it meant and we let the lady sit down with her kids. Set up her luggage, then me and my daughter sat down on the floor next to them. I then asked her if she would like some bottled water for her and the kids and she said thank you. Off I went while doing so a few folks stopped me and told me that was so nice of you to do that. I just said thanks, it's all good.

After the drink the kids settled down as we sat there for the next 3+ hours. I played with kids a bit till they fell asleep sometime later. I got a big kiss from my daughter (something she rarely does) as she nervously left (she doesn't like being away from me) to get on her plane. I had a huge smile on my long walk back to the parking lot.

Peace

That's such a great thing you did g!! I just love paying it forward stories, warms the heart.

Peace to you and your family!

redrock

Just in our neighbourhood... Some are more fortunate than others, some are old without much, others are going through a rough patch. At this time of the year, it's no trouble making an extra yule log, christmas pudding or mince pies. It's no trouble making, say , an extra turkey and leek pie with leftovers and there's most probably an unopened bottle of wine. No trouble at all and it puts a smile on a few faces. This is all year long, but it would seem it's particularly appreciated at certain times of the year.