A friend of mine wrote a blog that so hit a note with me, as I enjoy giving and caring unconditionally, but some people view that with suspicion and questions.
My friend in his blog said: "...I try to maintain a positive outlook...Yet often, my positivity is greeted with suspicion...They are so absorbed with negative aspects, they dismiss my positive intentions and twist it into a negative. 'Let's 'catch' him out. He must have some 'hidden agenda'. What's in it for him?'. I do understand this type of thinking. For when you have been subjected to relentless emotional torment; it is difficult to appreciate or recognise unconditional empathy.
So just what's in it for me? I hope that by trying to help, to support those who have been undermined and disrespected, I help them, I help myself. Together, we can find our direction home. Wont you come along with me as we discover our true direction in life? Together we can inspire through the power of empathy. I throw you a 'lifejacket', please do not perceive it as an 'anchor'. " [Khalanie, Where are We Going? (28.1.2009) http://klahanie.blogspot.com/ ]
I'm a Random Acts of Kindness sort of person when I can, because sometimes I feel that people lose what it is to be human, to care, to give and not to expect or need anything back in return. I'm no mug: I aim not to let people use me, but I'm a Pay it Forward believer, and would rather that the good feeling was spread out to others than return back to me only, although that is fine too to recharge my positivity. I like to celebrate success both in me and in others and it was with that motive that I thought about organising a gift for someone I see as a role model - the singer Brian Kennedy - to celebrate his 20th year in the music business. I encountered negativity through apathy, but some people have got the idea (it was so not about me) and we're working together on it. Fingers crossed it works out xx
