The Human Affect
whispering hands
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Here is my challenge to all of you. ( and myself)
What makes us Human? Aside from the ability to weigh logic Vs reason etc..
It's that we can love, even without reason. A dog trusts peoke, but he LOVES his owner, whereas people can trust AND LOVE all dogs.. So, if that's what makes us so different from every species on Earth, then let's celebrate that, by showing some of that love! Do something unexpectedly nice for someone, and then tells us about it here! Can't wait to hear some of the awesomeness you guys go out and share with those around you! :-)
What makes us Human? Aside from the ability to weigh logic Vs reason etc..
It's that we can love, even without reason. A dog trusts peoke, but he LOVES his owner, whereas people can trust AND LOVE all dogs.. So, if that's what makes us so different from every species on Earth, then let's celebrate that, by showing some of that love! Do something unexpectedly nice for someone, and then tells us about it here! Can't wait to hear some of the awesomeness you guys go out and share with those around you! :-)
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Some inspiration!
The other day I found a bus card on the street where I live. It had name written on it so I looked it up on the net and called her.
She was very happy to hear that I had found her card. Her son had lost it and there was a lot of money on it. I just went by her house and dropped it in the mail box, it was close.
I read that you Whispering hands cleaned the house for someone as a present, I thought that was very cool
Though I'm a bit uncomfortable with those types of posters with quotes, I do look forward to reading of the niceties given (and cheers to you, Annafalk! Funny how your location ties to your post)
To be honest, I love when these things just happen - between the people in the moment. Some, many, aren't necessarily spoken of but retained and rippled out.
(the smallest oceans still get big, big waves)
I remember one day at Christmas shopping I was at a store, it was kind of crowded with people.
One man starts calling a name over and over I figured he was looking for his daughter he seemed a little scared.
I see a little girl sitting between the shelves on the floor playing with something. I asked him,
- is it her? He looked at her and then at
me looking really happily relieved.
It felt nice to help
I have a buisness relationship that allows me top notch access to Concert tickets for many shows.They are right up front and primo seats at our local amphitheater.(Where PJ Plays)Every once in while we end up with 2 extra tix.I never sell them.And don't want them to go to waste.
We have a little fun with it.
We love searching the line of people waiting to buy tix at the box office and we offer up our 2 extra tix w vip lounge access,free of course,no strings attached.Its so much fun watching some unsuspecting folks get a total unexpected upgraded experienced.You meet some wonderful people randomly that way.And it feels just awesome making a stranger super happy.
That's awesome rr! How cool to watch them react!!! This made me smile, envisioning that!
After Polaroid stopped making their film about 5 years ago, it got too expensive to buy... I think the last Polaroid I took was in 2011... but thanks to hipsters, Polaroid film is back (!!!) and I plan on giving away more prints at the next festival I attend, which will be Boston Calling this May. Looking forward to it!
I later got the know Scott a little and he seemed ok. He still came in the store now and then but was much more respectful and well mannered.
Then one day Scott invited us to a party and I really got to know him better and we got along well. Added to that, I was later told Scott had a drinking problem and sometimes when he drank too much, he did things he normally would not even think of doing otherwise.
Over the last couple of years, whenever I'd see Scott, we'd smile and were happy to see each other. I now realized he was really just a sweat guy with some problems.
This evening, when we got home, we learned that Scott had died today. It broke my heart to learn that this man I had once felt spiteful and angry toward, our friend Scott, had died.
One of the things that makes us human is the capacity to forgive those we once despised and even to love them.
Sorry about your friend.
On an instinctive level, I totally get what you mean, but I'm glad I kept relatively cool when that happened because sometimes things are not what they seem. My wife talked to the guy later and he never made another move on her and we all just kind of quietly let it go. And then when I got to know Scott, I realized that he was just a very lonely man who could find not solace in life save for drowning his woes in alcohol- not the best coping method, but not an uncommon one either.
His son found his father dead in bed yesterday. The son is probably much closer in age to the average Pearl Jam fan here, a guy most of you would like or even admire. He's a super great guy, really nice and he used to be a bass player and had known the life of a musician on the road but left that and settled down, got married and became one greatest dads in the universe. And he gained these fine qualities at least in part from the best qualities of his otherwise dysfunctional dad. Now as I write this, I'm even more glad I at least somewhat kept my cool that first time I saw Scott because I would feel even worse today if I hadn't. So again, sometimes things aren't what they seem. I learned a lot from all this. I wish Scott were here so I could tell him that.
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