The good story for the day:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/dailyfinance-readers-chip-in-to-help-homeless-mom-in-camden-n-j/19298963/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl8|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Fmedia%2Fdailyfinance-readers-chip-in-to-help-homeless-mom-in-camden-n-j%2F19298963%2F
The above story fits right in with the old blog entry I chose for today. These two blog entries are my second and third favorites. What really makes this blog is you folks. You are always willing to answer my calls for advise or help. Last year when I asked for a birthday gift I got what I wished for. Actually, I got more then what I wished for as we exceeded my one hundred acts of kindness by over thirty. Even after the official deadline for the acts of kindness the acts of kindness continued and are continuing. This is the post when I asked for your help:
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-birthday-100-acts-of-kindness.html
And here is the final report.
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/06/kind-birthday-amazing-experience.html
As we start a new year I have made a goal of doing one act of kindness a day starting today. Are you up for the challenge? Today is the day to thank those that have done kindness your direction and it is also the day to bask in the glory and tell us one kind thing you have done for someone else so far this year.
My thank you is to my brother-in-law for helping me out with my townhouse problem a couple of days ago. As for an act of kindness that I have done this year, I can't think of one. Guess I better get my butt in gear, I have some catching up to do.
About Me
- William J.
- First, I think the birth sign is wrong. 6-21, some papers say Gemini, some Cancer. Guess that means I have so many personalities that I can do group therapy alone. For those that don't know how to read Google profiles I have put what I really mean in ( ). Hot (Good looking enough to be in movies(if I buy at ticket). A body like a God (Buddha). Romantic (Thinks begging is foreplay.) Physically fit (Heart trouble. Put 911 on speed dial before we get initmate.) Good Provider (has good life insurance in case you forget to put 911 on speed dial.) Loyal (has reference letters from Mom and parole officer.) Intelligent (scored 1600 on his SATS but you have to total the scores of the four times that I took the test.) Looking for someone compatible (Be between 30 & 99 and not inflatable.)
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My friend Naomi hasn't figured out how to post a comment on the blog but will send me an email now and again about a blog entry. I loved her act of kindness. Here is her email:
I've performed one act of kindness this year.
On Saturday I was sitting at the intersection of Burnside and 122nd waiting to turn left on to 122nd. It was one of those cold, windy winter days in Portland. Across the street a man in an electric wheelchair was hung up on the light-rail tracks. He would go a little distance but then would be stopped abruptly by the unevenness of the train tracks. He was stranded in the middle of the set of tracks. And I was quite concerned that he would be stranded there when a train came along.
I was thinking....what can I do. Pull my car up to block the tracks so trains couldn't pass? Finally I made my turn and pulled over into a yellow parking strip and got out. As I ran back to the man and his wheelchair stuck on the tracks, a woman driver going west on Burnside put her car in park and also jumped out to help this man.
We got to him and were able to get the wheel chair out of harms way. But let me tell you...those motors are fast...I would hit the lever and the chair would jump forward. We got stuck on another rail and a teenage girl waiting on the platform came over also.
I find it interesting that out of all the drivers sitting at that intersection, it was women who got out of their cars in the rain to help this man caught up on the light-rail tracks. I got back to my car a little wetter for the action, but it sure made my day.
Naomi
Good job, Naomi. I hope she'll figure out how to post soon - sounds like our kind of person, Bill.
Yes, I remember the 100 Acts challenge and have tried to follow through with it, not always successfully. Acts of kindness in the new year include taking "extra" coats to the mission in TR and helping a new woman at the pool with some exercises for her knees and balance. Pampering my 12+ year old "puppy" with sweathers (she's never worn them) in our unusually cold weather. Helping a lady using a walker to load her groceries into her car and taking her cart back to the store.
Thank yous... so many. Himself's ongoing help in getting the new computer up and running (more or less) is probably at the top of the list.
Alright Naomi!! It does make your day when you do something like that.
I also like the acts of kindness challenge and try to keep it going.
For the first time this year we have taken coats/clothing and coffee to the mission where we have always tried to donate funds to for food. For some reason we never thought to donate anything other than money and this past holiday there was a little note saying how they needed things for winter and coffee.
We actually had to go buy coffee which is odd for us as we don't drink coffee and had no idea of how to buy it...sounds funny and it was funny as we didn't know whether to buy instant or brewing or cappuccino, caffeinated or decaf...so we just got an assortment.
Dona, it was fun to read your message. For years, I've donated money to various causes,cutting it back to locals in the past few years. But,yes, there's something even more satisfying in "physical" contributions, which is why I've begun taking food and clothing to the local mission and "dressier" food and household goods to the Hope Chest, which helps the local abused women/children's shelter> For some reason, it feels more "personal" than the checks I write.
Great job, Naomi! And yes, isn't it interesting that all you helpers were women!
Bill, nice story about the woman and her daughter. I hope she gets her job back. It's actually fairly nice of Aramark to offer to do that, so I hope they follow through.
I like the Acts of Kindness idea. Not that I can think of any I've done recently, except of course visiting my mom all the time. But I like the idea of keeping it going just to keep it in the front of our tiny minds. [g]
Hi DR
Naomi is a great woman and would fit in here but I like to think anyone would! She is definitely our kind of person.
I love the extra coat idea! I have no doubt your puppy enjoyed the pampering. And helping a lady with a walker is just to kind for words!
Himself is my kind of guy!
Bill
Hi Dona
You are a living definition of kindness!
Doing non cash thing for me is better than doing the cash donations. Often you don't really know who gets the cash donations but there is no doubt the needy get the non cash ones!
Wow there is someone that doesn't drink coffee! Should have emailed me, I would have told you Folger's breakfast blend!
Bill
Hi DR
When you do the local abused women and children's shelters toys work well. Often when women and children flee an abused relationship they have to leave everything behind including the kids toys. One year I dead a toy drive for the local shelter, it went over well!
Bill
Hi Pat
It also surprises me that no man stopped to help. What a bunch of doofuses we must have here. Naomi is from the Portland area.
I also hope the woman gets her job back. I like happy endings.
Every time your visit your Mom it is not only an act of kindness towards her but it seems like while you are there you either do something for the staff or another resident.
Bill
Here's an additional comment about acts of kindness. I got my AARP bulletin today, and there's a little article about a guy who's going around the country in a bus with his dog, promoting daily acts of kindness. He's aiming at a million of them in a lifetime, which would translate to 50 a day for 55 years. I doubt I could even approach that many, but it's a worthy goal, for sure.
Hi Pat
What a great idea but no way would I hit a million!
Bill
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