Comments on: 3 Awesome Ways to Spread Kindness to the World

By: Fenix

Fenix — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:17:54 +0000

I think Prufock missed the point…or hell i dunno mebe I missed the point seems to me like pretty much everything you write on your blog is for fun only and not to be taken uber seriously!

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Random Acts of Kindness: Make a Difference | Money Young — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:12:21 +0000

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By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:03:45 +0000

@ Janine: I think abuse of the horn is highly abusive. It’s totally obnoxious.

By: Janine

Janine — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:28:46 +0000

Wow, these are all lovely ideas and I even might do some of them once in awhile, and my secret inner self would love to do them all the time.

But you should have seen me tonight driving up Third Ave. downtown after coming in from the GWBridge… I’m sure some of my fellow drivers are still talking about the maniac with the horn.

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:14:35 +0000

@ Alex: Just a smile and nod as you say can indeed change things. And drastically. That’s also a good point that letting another person talk and listening to them in a genuine way is a very good practice.

Thank you. And thanks for dropping by.

@ prufock: haha, that’s too funny. Thanks for the great laugh.

By: prufock

prufock — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:02:07 +0000

I have to disagree with the sentiment being expressed throughout this post. These are not ways to express kindness, they’re ways to feign kindness.

Spending your time getting in front of people in line at the grocery store is not saving them time. If you want to save them time, stay out of the line, or the store, altogether.

Getting out of your car to boast that you’re giving up a parking space – one that you weren’t planning to use anyway – is only wasting their time and being obnoxious. Stay off the parking lot, and they would have found that space anyway.

And who wants someone else’s hands mauling a toothpick that they’re going to put in their mouth?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:15:53 +0000

greeting people, even just a smile or a nod, can completely change things for them.

the first two are great as an exercise but i don’t think you have to supplicate or put yourself second to do sometihng kind for others.

i think the kindest thing that you can do for somebody else is let them be who they are. be fully real with them. ask them how they are, genuinely interested, and let them answer. talk to them instead of at them.

care for them and feel your deep connectedness.

look in their eyes and see yourself there.

Awesome blog.
Talk to you soon.
Alex

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:42:47 +0000

@ TheLawyerMom: Pun Intended is all about giving beautiful people beautiful things to think about.

@ Patti: Thank you.

@ Davina: I say hello a lot on the street. I really do believe it’s an act of kindness. I know it brightens my day when I’m on the receiving end.

You got that right. Many tens of thousands more should be reading P.I. And, your readership is greatly appreciated.

By: Davina

Davina — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:38:05 +0000

I’ve switched places in line at the grocery store many times. Sometimes I get a strange look when I offer that. People are funnily enough, not always open to an act of kindness. I agree with Vered — it’s sad. The same goes for saying hello to people on the street or smiling and receiving a blank stare. Maybe more of these people should be reading Pun Intended.

By: patti

patti — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:59:25 +0000

Bamboo-

Awesome post!!!- Very well put- and oh so true-Loved it!!