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Make your little world a kinder place

Billy87

I've been thinking lately about how to make the world a slightly kinder place each day. Obviously, none of us can change the whole world but we can change our little corner of it.

So my question is what do you think is one thing you personally could do each day to make the world a kinder place?

I'll start. Today I made a point of smiling and saying hello to strangers who walked past as I walked along the river. (Yes, I know that would be an absolute nightmare for many people on here so don't worry I'm not suggesting that for everybody! Wierdly for me I sometimes find that easier than saying hello to people I know as there is no need to make a good impression and I'll never see them again. Depends on how overwhelmed I am though)

Going to try to think of something different tomorrow. Would be great if people could suggest their ideas on here and say what they did each day, bit like the 3 good things thread. It doesn't have to involve human interaction or even aimed at humans, could be something as simple as posting a kind comment online or throwing some seeds to the birds

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  • Billy87 said:
    throwing some seeds to the birds

    Sadly that can backfire.

    I've had a couple of instances fairly recently.

    I was feeding seagulls and crows on the top of Portsdown Hill with left over chips.

    A man in a van started shouting at me about how they were vermin and I shouldn't be encouraging them.

    Also, a woman was feeding birds in the cemetery and a cleric of some sort really laid into her.

    She ended up crying and I comforted her.

    She said that it brought a real meaning into her day doing so but I suspect after that, the birds and the woman lost out on something important.

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    Aww that's awful. No matter what the rules are, there is no need for someone to be spoken to in such a way that makes them cry. Well done for comforting her.

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    Cloud44 said:
    No matter what the rules are, there is no need for someone to be spoken to in such a way that makes them cry. Well done for comforting her.

    Thank you. 

    I'm glad you see it that way.

    Any rules weren't clearly displayed and she was in an old burial area.

    He spoke to her like she was something he had trodden in whilst dressed in his clerical finery.

    A timely reminder to me, as if I needed one, of why I generally prefer animals to humans.

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  • in reply to Cloud44
    Cloud44 said:
    No matter what the rules are, there is no need for someone to be spoken to in such a way that makes them cry. Well done for comforting her.

    Thank you. 

    I'm glad you see it that way.

    Any rules weren't clearly displayed and she was in an old burial area.

    He spoke to her like she was something he had trodden in whilst dressed in his clerical finery.

    A timely reminder to me, as if I needed one, of why I generally prefer animals to humans.

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