Comments on: The Time Has Come to Speak of Kindness http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness This is the podcast station for TheNervousBreakdown.com, an online culture magazine featuring authors and artists from around the world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Greg Olear http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40958 Greg Olear Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:43:57 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40958 In a word, amen. In a word, amen.

]]> By: Rich Ferguson http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40953 Rich Ferguson Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:24:05 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40953 Hey Meghan: First off, thanks for posting this. Also, I'm glad I read this before setting out on my busy day today. What a great thing to take with me--be more mindful of others, and do something nice for a stranger. That's a pretty great gift you just gave me, my dear. Happy New Year... Hey Meghan:

First off, thanks for posting this. Also, I’m glad I read this before setting out on my busy day today. What a great thing to take with me–be more mindful of others, and do something nice for a stranger. That’s a pretty great gift you just gave me, my dear. Happy New Year…

]]> By: Megan DiLullo http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40938 Megan DiLullo Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:59:51 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40938 Excellent. What a great way to start the day. Your friend is a very wise woman, as are you. I don't own a mellonballer. In my mind they up there with leaf blowers. Excellent. What a great way to start the day. Your friend is a very wise woman, as are you.

I don’t own a mellonballer. In my mind they up there with leaf blowers.

]]> By: Ronlyn Domingue http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40883 Ronlyn Domingue Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:08:58 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40883 Oh, no, you took the frowners by surprise! Some folks are suspicious. Never mind--be encouraged by those who met you in the spirit in which the smile was meant. Enjoy your party! Oh, no, you took the frowners by surprise! Some folks are suspicious. Never mind–be encouraged by those who met you in the spirit in which the smile was meant. Enjoy your party!

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40861 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40861 I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I had a melonballer... I don't hate them...I just don't see the full purpose, unless they're used to make cookies and then not only do they have a purpose but they do God's work...and She likes it. I wish I was a little bit taller,
I wish I had a melonballer…

I don’t hate them…I just don’t see the full purpose, unless they’re used to make cookies and then not only do they have a purpose but they do God’s work…and She likes it.

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40860 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:48:30 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40860 I went out at lunch to do some last minute running around for our New Year's party tomorrow night and I tried out the smiling thing. Three people smiled back, one person honked her horn at me, and two others frowned. Maybe I need to work on my smile. :) Happy New Year! I went out at lunch to do some last minute running around for our New Year’s party tomorrow night and I tried out the smiling thing. Three people smiled back, one person honked her horn at me, and two others frowned. Maybe I need to work on my smile. :)

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40859 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:47:10 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40859 That hug just made my day, possibly my year. Someday, Tennessee, you and I need to hang out. That hug just made my day, possibly my year. Someday, Tennessee, you and I need to hang out.

]]> By: Jess http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40858 Jess Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:43:12 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40858 Wait, but you hate melonballers. Wait, but you hate melonballers.

]]> By: jmblaine http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40857 jmblaine Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:20:29 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40857 I accept your hug & reciprocate the same with an additional brief lift off of your feet and a lingering side to side sway at the end followed by laughter I accept your hug
& reciprocate the same
with an additional
brief lift off of your
feet
and a lingering
side to side sway
at the end
followed by laughter

]]> By: Ronlyn Domingue http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40840 Ronlyn Domingue Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:16:09 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40840 I'm paraphrasing, but I read somewhere that a great act of kindess is simply to look another person in the eye and smile. I've tried it, try to remember to do it. Almost without fail, the other person responds warmly, even if the smile is sad or hesitant. Thanks for the kind reminder of how to move around in this world with a bit more compassion, Meghan. Happy new year. I’m paraphrasing, but I read somewhere that a great act of kindess is simply to look another person in the eye and smile. I’ve tried it, try to remember to do it. Almost without fail, the other person responds warmly, even if the smile is sad or hesitant. Thanks for the kind reminder of how to move around in this world with a bit more compassion, Meghan. Happy new year.

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40834 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:14:01 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40834 Definitely underutilised...like a melon baller. I just compared kindness to a melon baller...saints preserve us. :) Happy New Year! Definitely underutilised…like a melon baller.

I just compared kindness to a melon baller…saints preserve us. :)

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40833 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:11:52 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40833 I wish to give you a hug. [ h u g ] P.S. I like your glasses, too. :) I wish to give you a hug.

[ h u g ]

P.S. I like your glasses, too. :)

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40832 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:10:38 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40832 I know you read Erinn's blog every morning because of my all seeing eye. It's particularly tuned to your coffee maker. Strange, I know. Yay for being kind to strangers! And a huge double YAY for Erinn! :D I know you read Erinn’s blog every morning because of my all seeing eye. It’s particularly tuned to your coffee maker. Strange, I know.

Yay for being kind to strangers! And a huge double YAY for Erinn! :D

]]> By: Meg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40831 Meg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:04 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40831 Zara! I seem to do that a lot, write posts that are particularly timely for you. :) I wish you luck with your resolution. Cheers to the kindness of strangers in 2010! Zara! I seem to do that a lot, write posts that are particularly timely for you. :) I wish you luck with your resolution. Cheers to the kindness of strangers in 2010!

]]> By: Simon Smithson http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40822 Simon Smithson Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:38:11 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40822 Kindness: yes. I think it's a very important, and very underutilised thing. I, too, wish you much kindness in 2010. Kindness: yes. I think it’s a very important, and very underutilised thing.

I, too, wish you much kindness in 2010.

]]> By: jmblaine http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40801 jmblaine Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:47:38 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40801 Evangelical Kindness: Count me in. PS. I like your glasses. Evangelical Kindness: Count me in.

PS. I like your glasses.

]]> By: Jess http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40777 Jess Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:18:52 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40777 How did you know I've been reading Erinn's blog every morning? :o) It's become a little ritual for me. Breakfast, coffee, and the blog. I think kindness is contagious. It's kind of hard to be rude to others when someone has done something nice for you. Instead, you want to do something nice for someone else (or 'pay it forward'). I like to do unexpected and random things for people. Around Halloween I anonymously left a cute, medium sized pumpkin on my neighbor's doorstep. The note simply said 'Happy Halloween' and had a 'To:' line for the names. I was feeling bad for misjudging (never make assumptions about people) my neighbor. I thought she was kind of snotty and mean. I found out later that she has cystic fibrosis, and I felt horrible. I wanted to do something nice for her, and I knew she loved Halloween because she decorates her porch every year for it. This nice thing was done out of guilt, but I felt really good after doing it. I could imagine her smiling when she opened the door... and isn't that what it's all about? Making someone's day. How did you know I’ve been reading Erinn’s blog every morning? :o ) It’s become a little ritual for me. Breakfast, coffee, and the blog.

I think kindness is contagious. It’s kind of hard to be rude to others when someone has done something nice for you. Instead, you want to do something nice for someone else (or ‘pay it forward’). I like to do unexpected and random things for people.

Around Halloween I anonymously left a cute, medium sized pumpkin on my neighbor’s doorstep. The note simply said ‘Happy Halloween’ and had a ‘To:’ line for the names. I was feeling bad for misjudging (never make assumptions about people) my neighbor. I thought she was kind of snotty and mean. I found out later that she has cystic fibrosis, and I felt horrible. I wanted to do something nice for her, and I knew she loved Halloween because she decorates her porch every year for it. This nice thing was done out of guilt, but I felt really good after doing it. I could imagine her smiling when she opened the door… and isn’t that what it’s all about? Making someone’s day.

]]> By: Zara Potts http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mhunt/2009/12/the-time-has-come-to-speak-of-kindness/#comment-40772 Zara Potts Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:41:02 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=24768#comment-40772 Being kind is one of the best things you can be. I think we should all be kinder, and not just to strangers. Sometimes we are awful to the people we love best, and we should all try harder to be kinder to those we love as well. We have a day here in NZ which is called 'Random Acts of Kindness Day' and it seems to be pretty popular. My new year resolution is to be kinder, so your piece is very timely for me. Thank you and I wish much kindness for you in 2010. Being kind is one of the best things you can be.
I think we should all be kinder, and not just to strangers. Sometimes we are awful to the people we love best, and we should all try harder to be kinder to those we love as well.
We have a day here in NZ which is called ‘Random Acts of Kindness Day’ and it seems to be pretty popular. My new year resolution is to be kinder, so your piece is very timely for me. Thank you and I wish much kindness for you in 2010.

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