Comments on: Simply Kind Tuesdays : Week 33 : Freaky kind people?

By: On a Limb w/ Claudia

On a Limb w/ Claudia — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:34:01 +0000

Heart in SF – I think we are seeing the same thing. It’s a horrifying to see the aggression and agitation so readily present. Shocking really. Let’s both hope you’re wrong, but plan in case you’re right.

The CEO Monty – You may be right. Certainly our little neighborhood has more building, more condos and more frustrations.

TWMark – I’m not sure why, but your words are very comforting to me. It’s nice to know that kind people are out there doing kind things. Phew.

LaShae – What a wonderful thing to hear. thanks for sharing it. And you’r right – unless you’re sensational or selling something, you never make the news.

Perpstu – Either way, that’s a pretty good thing. I’d bet that you are gravitating toward kind people – and that’s a very good thing.

By: perpstu

perpstu — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:52:35 +0000

I agree with you that more and more people are looking for kindness and trying to be kind….or maybe I am just gravitating toward those people and leaving the meanies behind.

I need to get back in the habit of doing SKT. Leaving the meanies behind might make a good topic for next week!

By: LaShae Dorsey

LaShae Dorsey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:35 +0000

The regular people put signs on the doors of their small businesses that say

�If you are unemployed and need an outfit cleaned, we will clean it for you for free.�

Found that on http://www.fluentself.com/blog/stuff/unexpected-kindness/ and think very much like @TVM kindness has never been reported much, no sensationalism or shock value to it.

By: TWM

TWM — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:42:27 +0000

Kindness by its very nature is something never reported or heard about. That is as it should be. The world may have more need of kindness but when was this not so? The kind souls among us are still so.

Them that give to charities, while not an unkind thing, usually have an ulterior motive. A closet with too much stuff in it, need for a tax deduction, a desire to make room for new stuff. This is the kindnes that is down and you know about it because it is quantifiable through statistics.

I am not disheartened when statistics fall because I know there are just as many kind people now as there were last year doing just as many(or more) acts of kindness as usual.

By: The CEO

The CEO — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:09:37 +0000

I think the problem stems from overcrowding. There was some research done in 1966 on overcrowding in rat populations and behavior never seen in rat populations emerged. My best guess.

By: heart in san francisco

heart in san francisco — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:30:48 +0000

I think that for most people, kindness is not a way of life but a luxury which they allow themselves only when all their own needs are met. Until the common perception changes, I fear that kindness will become more scarce and remarkable as the economy worsens and people hunker down within themselves.

Every day I notice evidence that it is being replaced by rudeness, aggressiveness, self-interest and attitudes of entitlement, all of which seem to be the new mainstream.

I would really like to be wrong about this, so please don’t shoot the messenger.