What's The Kindest Thing You Have Ever Done?

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Have you ever did a kind deed that made you feel like it was worth getting out of bed just to see the happiness your kind deed brought to the person or persons lives. If so why not share it with other posters. Doing a kind deed for someone to me means helping them when they can't help themselves like checking in on your elderly neighbour to volunteering to do charity work which I've done many times. So no matter how big or small they all matter to the people you help.

Ficheall

Similar feel-good themed thread, but without the awkward hint of bragging..
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056351454

corner of hells

I brought my dog for a walk this morning.
He was delighted with himself.

It's like he forgot he went for a walk yesterday and doesn't know he's going for a walk tomorrow either

Fr_Dougal

I totolly do totes of chority work, but I don’t loike to talk about it.

I once “thanked” a post in the politics forum. I had no idea what I was doing but would have loved to have seen the look on the poster’s face.

I very rarely mention it as I am very humble

whiskeyman

Said 'I Do'...

AllForIt

When I dumped my partner.

TheValeyard

Gave away a Kidney.















Ive no idea who it belonged to, but the guy really wanted to have it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I feel only others can tell you the kindest thing you've done, as it's relative to the effort and the circumstances of the recipient. You may consider a major charity initiative to be the notable item, while a small kindness that hardly crossed your mind may have had the greatest impact. I honestly don't know. For example my wife and I have put children, not our own, through school and college. Mrs S knits for charity and neo natal units and I do chores and shopping for less able neighbours. But which is kindest? I have no idea and never looked at it that way. Sometimes a friendly greeting, or taking time to talk to somebody in need of company, might have the greatest impact. At other times it might be a significant financial contribution to a needy cause.

fineso.mom

AllForIt wrote: »

When I dumped my partner.

were you being kind to them or yourself ☺

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Asa Early Range wrote: »

I feel only others can tell you the kindest thing you've done, as it's relative to the effort and the circumstances of the recipient. You may consider a major charity initiative to be the notable item, while a small kindness that hardly crossed your mind may have had the greatest impact. I honestly don't know. For example my wife and I have put children, not our own, through school and college. Mrs S knits for charity and neo natal units and I do chores and shopping for less able neighbours. But which is kindest? I have no idea and never looked at it that way. Sometimes a friendly greeting, or taking time to talk to somebody in need of company, might have the greatest impact. At other times it might be a significant financial contribution to a needy cause.

I agree I think a small gesture like taking time out from our busy lives to talk to maybe an elderly person who is lonely or maybe need help with their grocery shopping is as important to that person as working voluntary for a charity organisation. I would never compare any of my kind deeds i make as I feel they they are all equal if they change a persons life for the better.

cantdecide

Ficheall wrote: »

Similar feel-good themed thread, but without the awkward hint of bragging..
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056351454

Nowt wrong with a a little bit of casual bragging

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

cantdecide wrote: »

Nowt wrong with a a little bit of casual bragging

If making a kind gesture that helps someone and makes you feel good I say why not talk about it in a way that doesn't sound like you're a do gooder and all you want is praise.

Roger Hassenforder

AllForIt wrote: »

When I dumped my partner.

now four people stand to be miserable instead of just two

DEFTLEFTHAND

Gave the homeless man with the rabbit 20 quid. It was about 2 months after the Liffey incident.

That story really stirred something in me. The fella would risk his life to save his pet rabbit. He's a good man.

Graces7

Would rather think of kindnesses done for me, and this week the supervalu order takes pride of place;; even i that creature tried to ruin it...

They went out of their way to do that for an old wan in need

Little enough I can do; knit, care, pray, above all pray.. But what others do is great and wonderful and often they do not even know how much it is valued. So in many ways the greatest kindness I can do is thank and praise and appreciate openly and fully.

I added a wee crocheted angel to the thank you letter!

Capt'n Midnight

Can we include not giving in to the urge to rid humanity of some oxygen thieves ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Can we include not giving in to the urge to rid humanity of some oxygen theses ?

Perhaps - if I knew what that means.

gifted

I brought chocolate cake over to my neighbour on the first mothers day since his wife died...sat with him and drank coffee and ate cake...left him with a smile...

Capt'n Midnight

Asa Early Range wrote: »

Perhaps - if I knew what that means.

Autocorrect.

I had meant tea leaves.

KERSPLAT!

Meh, hard to judge what I've done. Probably not nearly enough. Much easier to tell you one of the kindest things done for me.

Christmas '16, for whatever reason, I was unable to bring my son to see Santa. It was a similar issue to the year before so it really bothered me though I tried not let on to anyone. Anyway, on the morning of my son's birthday just a few weeks before Christmas I was having a small party for him in the house. A few cousins and other relations invited over for a small get together. Just before people began to arrive I got a phone call and was told to open an envelope I had been given a few days before, I had thought it was a birthday/Christmas present.

As I read the letter I could feel my eyes well up. It was a letter from a very special person to tell me that Santa had found out that my son wasn't going to see him and that all little boys should get to see Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas...

10 minutes later there's a knock at the door and there he was, the big man himself. A sack full of selection boxes over his shoulder. Not only did my son get to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas, he had the man himself visit him at home.

I've told that person a thousand times what that meant to me and my family but I don't think they'll ever truly know.

Bitches Be Trypsin

I'm really not a kind person but I once stayed up for over a day straight to talk a friend through his suicidal intentions, and failed a final in college as a result. Not exactly kind but selfless I guess.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Meh, hard to judge what I've done. Probably not nearly enough. Much easier to tell you one of the kindest things done for me.

Christmas '16, for whatever reason, I was unable to bring my son to see Santa. It was a similar issue to the year before so it really bothered me though I tried not let on to anyone. Anyway, on the morning of my son's birthday just a few weeks before Christmas I was having a small party for him in the house. A few cousins and other relations invited over for a small get together. Just before people began to arrive I got a phone call and was told to open an envelope I had been given a few days before, I had thought it was a birthday/Christmas present.

As I read the letter I could feel my eyes well up. It was a letter from a very special person to tell me that Santa had found out that my son wasn't going to see him and that all little boys should get to see Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas...

10 minutes later there's a knock at the door and there he was, the big man himself. A sack full of selection boxes over his shoulder. Not only did my son get to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas, he had the man himself visit him at home.

I've told that person a thousand times what that meant to me and my family but I don't think they'll ever truly know.

What a wonderful story. That story encapsulates the true spirit of Christmas and how one kind deed can leave an everlasting wonderful affect on a persons life. Thanks for sharing.

Graces7

When I was on the North Sea island< i had a lovely flower garden. .One day when the postman came, an old islander, I picked a big bunch of tulips and asked to drop them off. as we always did, at a neighbours,

She rang me later in sheer delight

She was expecting guests, had cleaned and polished and was standing there wishing she had bought flowers, when the postman arrived. Clutching the flowers in an embarrassed way!

One of those delightful serendipity moments you could never organise

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Graces7 wrote: »

When I was on the North Sea island< i had a lovely flower garden. .One day when the postman came, an old islander, I picked a big bunch of tulips and asked to drop them off. as we always did, at a neighbours,

She rang me later in sheer delight

She was expecting guests, had cleaned and polished and was standing there wishing she had bought flowers, when the postman arrived. Clutching the flowers in an embarrassed way!

One of those delightful serendipity moments you could never organise

Again your story displays how such a simple gesture can bring a bit of happiness to another persons life if only for one moment in time.

monkeysnapper

Once all my family went out for dinner because myself and now wife were visiting my home in Wales a month before we were to get married., there was about 15 of us.

While they all got into heated conversation into who had starter and who had coffee I decided to go up and just pay for lot .

We went onto pub after and they continued conversation.

So the kindest thing I ever did was put my wife in a car and take her back to Ireland where we will never leave.

mad muffin

I washed my hands after taking a dump.

garbo speaks

When I was in college, my best friend started going out with a girl in our class. She had a bit of a reputation as 'easy' and I didn't want her to take advantage of my friend. So, I concocted an elaborate story about how I saw her kissing some guy in my home town after a night out. They broke up based on my story and I saved my friend getting hurt by her in the long run. I still mention to him to this day how fortunate I was to "see" her that night with the other guy!

eviltwin

I did a shop for a woman on another site I used to post on. She was in a tough position financially and I felt bad for her.

garbo speaks

garbo speaks wrote: »

When I was in college, my best friend started going out with a girl in our class. She had a bit of a reputation as 'easy' and I didn't want her to take advantage of my friend. So, I concocted an elaborate story about how I saw her kissing some guy in my home town after a night out. They broke up based on my story and I saved my friend getting hurt by her in the long run. I still mention to him to this day how fortunate I was to "see" her that night with the other guy!

Erm. But maybe she wouldn't have hurt your friend and they would have been very happy together. I don't know. That kind of interference seems very intrusive and deceitful.

In my own life I've had a number of kindnesses shown to me. I do it too. It's a very important quality I think and if there was more kindness maybe the world wouldn't be so conflicted.

Sometimes I think that if the powers that be could just sit and talk and listen and understand, bombing and fighting and killing each other wouldn't happen. A naive thought I know.

OldMrBrennan83

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Graces7

Letting the cats in and out on demand.. Oh wait, though! That is sheer self defence as they make din until I cave in.. OK Kind to me?

kumate_champ07

kind people do kind things not so that they can brag about it, but so that they can try make the world a better place

some kindness Ive experienced:

I had no bus fair to get to LAX airport to fly home to Ireland, tried to sell some of the gifts I had to some strangers(I was desperate), eventually the bus ticket seller bought me a ticket with his own money and refused to take anything in return.

In a hospital in NYC I had no credit card or food, one of the nurses gave me 20dollars. I wish I could have tracked her down later. I didnt even ask her for anything and I genuinely tried to refuse it but she was not taking no for an answer, she seemed religious, I guess thats when religion is a good thing.

I missed a flight home one time and again had very little money, (I like to finish a race with an empty tank!). my insurance covered a hotel room but I didnt have a credit card to book a room, back at the time they needed a credit card for hotel bookings. I think I ended up paying 25dollars for a room(everything I had left), was given a huge reduction. The receptionist told me to come and see him the next morning and he had a plate of chicken legs, salad and croissants for me, for free! I got my flight that afternoon, Aer Lingus allowed me fly that day at no extra charge, even tho I missed their flight the previous day.

The guy who bought me the bus ticket didnt realize I had once missed a flight from LA when I was younger(the hotel story), as corny as it sounds he was like an angel. I probably would have figured another way to get to LAX, but he reduced alot of my stress


when I was younger I was waiting for a bus at the side of a motorway for a long time. a woman and her daughter stopped and gave me a lift. I cant remember why they stopped, it was a long time ago, but it was pretty cool

KERSPLAT!

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

kind people do kind things not so that they can brag about it, but so that they can try make the world a better place

100% agree with this. Everyone can be kind but some are different. Completely selfless

smurgen

I took care of my mother after my aunt's suicide.i drove from work and drove us both to her home town.i made my aunts children and husband dinner and put myself and my mother up in a hotel.i helped pay for the funeral and took the week off work.i was only 23 and totally overwhelmed by the entire situation driving down the road to what i was facing into but it thought me valuable lessons and made me feel like an adult for the first time in my life.i feel like i could have just as easily shyed away from the situation if i over thought it too much.

Graces7

Words about giving..."let not your right hand know what your left hand is doing."

diomed

I feed the birds every day, not just a few crusts, but about a bucketful of sunflower hearts.
When I started feeding it was just the goldfinches, chaffinches, blue tits, but then the pigeons arrived.
Instead of blocking the pigeons I decided to feed them too.
Now when I go to the "facilities" they are on the roof reminding me.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

diomed wrote: »

I feed the birds every day, not just a few crusts, but about a bucketful of sunflower hearts.
When I started feeding it was just the goldfinches, chaffinches, blue tits, but then the pigeons arrived.
Instead of blocking the pigeons I decided to feed them too.
Now when I go to the "facilities" they are on the roof reminding me.

I found feeding the birds begins as a kindness but they soon take advantage of the charity to the point that it becomes a duty.

posturingpat

Died for your sins.

Stonedpilot

garbo speaks wrote: »

When I was in college, my best friend started going out with a girl in our class. She had a bit of a reputation as 'easy' and I didn't want her to take advantage of my friend. So, I concocted an elaborate story about how I saw her kissing some guy in my home town after a night out. They broke up based on my story and I saved my friend getting hurt by her in the long run. I still mention to him to this day how fortunate I was to "see" her that night with the other guy!

Your crazy. Meddling in others lifes aint kind!
She could have been the love of his life!

Jeff2

An African guy posted on a forum asking how to fix his motorbike that he needed to get to work.

After saying exactly what he needs to do I bought on ebay a full gasket set for that engine and put his address in for delivery.

No this was not a scam and he was shocked someone would this after only ever talking about a motorbike.

deco nate

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

kind people do kind things not so that they can brag about it, but so that they can try make the world a better place

some kindness Ive experienced:

I had no bus fair to get to LAX airport to fly home to Ireland, tried to sell some of the gifts I had to some strangers(I was desperate), eventually the bus ticket seller bought me a ticket with his own money and refused to take anything in return.

In a hospital in NYC I had no credit card or food, one of the nurses gave me 20dollars. I wish I could have tracked her down later. I didnt even ask her for anything and I genuinely tried to refuse it but she was not taking no for an answer, she seemed religious, I guess thats when religion is a good thing.

I missed a flight home one time and again had very little money, (I like to finish a race with an empty tank!). my insurance covered a hotel room but I didnt have a credit card to book a room, back at the time they needed a credit card for hotel bookings. I think I ended up paying 25dollars for a room(everything I had left), was given a huge reduction. The receptionist told me to come and see him the next morning and he had a plate of chicken legs, salad and croissants for me, for free! I got my flight that afternoon, Aer Lingus allowed me fly that day at no extra charge, even tho I missed their flight the previous day.

The guy who bought me the bus ticket didnt realize I had once missed a flight from LA when I was younger(the hotel story), as corny as it sounds he was like an angel. I probably would have figured another way to get to LAX, but he reduced alot of my stress


when I was younger I was waiting for a bus at the side of a motorway for a long time. a woman and her daughter stopped and gave me a lift. I cant remember why they stopped, it was a long time ago, but it was pretty cool

*what's the kindest thing you've done*



Not taking the piss out of kind people. Really how can you get yourself in so much situations that you need bailing out of, really.
Sounds like taking the piss.
One Yea, the rest. Well....
Never learn huh?

NinetyTwoTeam

garbo speaks wrote: »

When I was in college, my best friend started going out with a girl in our class. She had a bit of a reputation as 'easy' and I didn't want her to take advantage of my friend. So, I concocted an elaborate story about how I saw her kissing some guy in my home town after a night out. They broke up based on my story and I saved my friend getting hurt by her in the long run. I still mention to him to this day how fortunate I was to "see" her that night with the other guy!

So you perpetuated the slut-shaming of some girl by making up a story about her and putting paid to her and your mate's chances of having a happy relationship together. well done.

For all you know every single rumor about that poor girl was a complete fabrication just like your story was.

and you actually think that was kind?! and still continue to lie about it? cop on.

Graces7

NinetyTwoTeam wrote: »

So you perpetuated the slut-shaming of some girl by making up a story about her and putting paid to her and your mate's chances of having a happy relationship together. well done.

For all you know every single rumor about that poor girl was a complete fabrication just like your story was.

and you actually think that was kind?! and still continue to lie about it? cop on.

I guess that is what they call "manipulative" in the extreme. And patronising. And controlling.

Chrongen

Female friend broke her arm so I painted her toenails and then hair dryered them.

Did that 3 times until she got the cast off. Third time I got it right with no nail polish on her skin.

Donald Trump

whiskeyman wrote: »

Said 'I Do'...

What was the question?

"Do you want me to peg the hole off ya later?"





(In fairness, probably would have been less painful in the long run than the oul' marriage question. Similar effects, metaphorically or otherwise, in the long run)

Donald Trump

Personally, I paid one Russian hooker to put out a fire I had lit on another Russian hooker.....long story short, there was no water within any reasonable distance so she had to improvise

Graces7

gifted wrote: »

I brought chocolate cake over to my neighbour on the first mothers day since his wife died...sat with him and drank coffee and ate cake...left him with a smile...

Anyone arriving with chocolate cake will be warmly greeted here..

OU812

Was staying with friends in the US.

Normally when we stay with them we bring them to a very fancy eatery of their choice and pay for everything as a thank you. We normally budget about $100 a head for this to cover the night for drinks and food and tip.

This time they wanted to go to a less expensive place, one that a friend of theirs was managing. Still nice but not what we’d normally go to.

They didn’t tell their friend, just booked a table under our name. We arrived, had a round of drinks and the friend spotted us. Gave out to them for not telling him we were coming and bought us a round of drinks.

Table time arrives and we get stuck in. A lengthy and noisy time later it’s time to get the check and the waitress tells us the friend had comped the entire thing. My friend gets up to tell him that he didn’t have to do that. Manager insisted as he hadn’t seen them in so long.

So we left the waitress the entire $400 as a tip. We joined the manager for a drink (which we bought him). And thanked him and the waitress comes running over in tears thanking us.

My friend looks good in front of his friend, we look good in front of our friends and we all look good in front of the waitress.

Felt good. Love to be able to do something like that more often.

OldMrBrennan83

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eviltwin

I was all set to book my first holiday in three years but have used the money to pay for a family member to come home to vote because she can't afford to.