Have you ever felt better in a bad situation by helping somebody else out?

(con't)

They say "give blood. the life you save may one day be your own." - I would amend that to say "give" in any circumstance, it may save your soul.

It's not that you give blood and one day you might need blood yourself - it's that you took the time to think of someone other than yourself, and give the one thing that is unique to every individual: heart.

And there is never anything wrong with that.

Well done, my friend. Well done, indeed.

It is for reasons just like this that reaffirm my faith in the innate goodness of man. What a wonderful post! And yes, I always feel better when I help someone else, regardless if I'm in a bad situation or not. But it does give me a particularly buoyant feeling.

 I'll share a recent example. You all know I posted the wishuponahero.com link - I met a couple off of there. They live two hours away from me, here in NC. They needed baby things. Well, Z and I had the playpen and stroller, carseat and some blankets our daughter wasn't using anymore, she'd outgrown them. It's not like we were going to sell them. We had tinkered with the idea of giving them to the church.

I now realize our delay meant we could give these things to this couple. I've posted the troubles he and I have with money, the debt, student loans, the crappy job market here where we live, the cramped quarters, the list goes on. Why would we drive two hours out of our way when we can barely afford the gas to get back n forth to work ourselves, to give this stuff to people we've never met, who might be psychos or just plain liars? Because they needed it.

They needed it, and we had it.

 I cried so hard on the way home. Seeing their five month old son, the look in his mother's eyes. We did meet them in a public place (just in case yanno?) - and ended up inviting them to eat dinner with us. I think it was the first time they had been out in months. I mean it was just Waffle House but it was a nice time. We stayed chatting with them for over an hour. The husband got some good advice from Z on joining the Army. His wife and I talked about our kids, just talking, but I felt like, for a few precious hours, I had a friend who wasn't attached to his family.

Herelgo, Great post.  good advice and it put a smile on my face (hard to do lately).  Sometimes doing the good deed for the day might be as little as putting a post on d360 that puts a smile on someone's face.  Food for thought.

Again thanks for the smile and the advice it is sagely.

Thanks for giving me a laugh!! That was funny!! But I have to say I admire you for doing that becuz I'm squemish over seeing blood especially my own blood and I can't stand needles at all!!  So I have to admire you for doing that.  I always wanted to but didn't get up enough courage to do it yet!!  Hell I've been wanting to get a tattoo ever since I've been divorced but can't bring myself to do that either becuz of the needles and blood thing!!  I just want to get a small one, but geez once they told me if you walked in shit faced to get a tattoo they wouldn't do it--I said well that's the only way I'd be able to get one!! :) LOL

Ever since I filed for divorce from the STBXH I have tried to do at least one or two things a day for someone else, rather it is a elderly lady at the store with her groceries or a mother with a child in a stroller.  Sometimes, a smile and a nice greeting gets you places as well....  Don't get me wrong, I did good things for people when I was single and married but I could have gone that extra step, but I found that being married to my STBX was like having another child and the more I did for him then the more he expected but would never return the favor of any sort unless he was in trouble.  Donating blood, I feel that given my blood every 3-months is a great gift of life to someone, wish sometimes that the regulations were not so strict so that I could donate more, but just like their questions you just smile and wait your turn....  I like this one, "Have you ever had sex with another man who has sex with a man"  okay, please, do you really think my STBX would tell me that or any other man for that matter... May you all continue to help others during this holiday season and may you find warmth in your heart while doing this....

Well said! Did bring a smile or two while I was reading. Especially the part about being flattered. :-)

 

But KLAS has it right; IMHO, there's no better reward than an honest "thank you" for something you've done. I view posting on this site in that way. It means a lot to me when folks toss a comment back saying they've appreciated my response to their post.

 

Whomever said "no good deed goes unpunished" ought to be shot.

That was funny, thanks for the laugh.  I hate that questionnaire, makes me feel like I am missing out on something.  I didn't answer a question and they actually called my home to get the answer.  The stbxw freaked out.  I told the lady that I was not an IV drug user and laughed for hours.  This was before I was served so what was going through the stbxw's mind I will never know.  I did get a really cool stretchy bandage and a hat.  Could have used a sandwich though.

Thanks, for reminding me.  I am due for a draining.

You got a sense of humor! But I think you are on to something. Doing good, helping others is a great way to releif your grief.