tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post7307164144750944996..comments2023-08-26T01:04:43.031+10:00Comments on Infertile Fantasies: The heart of kindnessBeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-35985573256006913292006-12-06T15:38:00.000+10:002006-12-06T15:38:00.000+10:00Doing a good deed is a feel good thing to do.
Whet...Doing a good deed is a feel good thing to do.<br />Whether it helps make you feel good or whether it helps make others feel good. So why not do it ? It is a win win situation.<br /><br />As for telling you my stories.<br />Ummm....I have told you about the goat I bought, giving money to the young busker and the protesting and signing of petitions to keep the Rehab hospital and Riding school open.<br />Ummm, well today I went to my friends mothers funeral who died of cancer.<br />Instead of accepting flowers they had envelopes for the the cancer foundation.<br />So you could make a donation instead of giving flowers. Although flowers are a beautiful gesture the money donations go a long way. I think many people are doing this these days because they realise what a difference a few dollars can make to eg. to cancer research. and well as we all know flowers don't last forever.<br /><br />Obviously good deeds don't always involve money, just simple gestures like whilst at the pathologist last week for a couple of hours, I held the door open for many invalids struggling to open the door. It was helpful in such a simple way and appreciated. I didn't have to do that but I wanted to.<br /><br />I understand we don't do it for the pat on the back, in fact if you hadn't of bought this topic up I wouldn't have told anyone I bought a goat it was for the good of the people and in return of course it does make me feel good.<br /><br />I am seriously thinking of shaving my head for a cure, just plucking up the courage.<br />www.worldsgreatestshave.com<br /><br />I still think you are a good person ;)ColourYourWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869194928164916281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-47327941897985718952006-12-06T13:45:00.000+10:002006-12-06T13:45:00.000+10:00Yeah, you know I pretty much agree. I'm happy wit...Yeah, you know I pretty much agree. I'm happy with my level of goodness, just wanted to request some in-perspective comments. Your religious debate, lut, is a blog in itself, I'm sure... <br /><br />BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-11262639348602191902006-12-06T04:40:00.000+10:002006-12-06T04:40:00.000+10:00Oh, Bea. IF really damages our self-esteem, no?
T...Oh, Bea. IF really damages our self-esteem, no?<br /><br />The question is... Who is *really* selfless in this world? Frankly, no one is fully selfless. <br /><br />Case in point: Mother Theresa did good deeds because, as she said throughout her life, it was her "vocation" to do good deeds. A vocation, (as defined by dictionary.com) is: "a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career." <br /><br />By your pedantic definition, Mother Theresa was selfish. She had a need, an inclination, to help others. She probably started the same way as you - had this desire to make her life more than what it was at the time.<br /><br />Deeds or no, you ARE a good person. Don't let infertility take that away from you. <br /><br />(As a total aside: as I write this I am strongly reminded of the scene in the "Wizard of Oz" where the wizard can't pronounce philanthropist and instead calls the Tin Man a "good deed doer." Not sure why.) :)Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765237663006604157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-22734439945866867122006-12-05T22:33:00.000+10:002006-12-05T22:33:00.000+10:00You want to know what I really think?
Every good ...You want to know what I really think? <br />Every good deed you do is valuable. <br /><br />The obsession with being 'a good person' is a bit foreign to me. I see it's a recurring theme in hollywood movies, where people are either all good or all bad. Real people are always a bit of both. I wonder whether this is an inheritence of Protestant thinking, there are chosen ones and you can recognize them because they are good all the time. No room for error.<br /><br />Compare to the Catholic view: sin, repent, sin, repent, ... There is much room for error. <br /><br />By now you should realize that I'm making this up as I go along. :-)Lut C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03893061829410958985noreply@blogger.com