Just received this and was moved so decided to share with you all

Thank you for this -

Thank you Moved

Lovely. Thanks Moved

Aren't these endlessly forwarded saccharine e-mails tedious and mindless? They always seem to have the same intellectual rigour and aesthetic standards as the rhymes inside cheap, glittery greetings cards.

Dear Absent you're priceless
Couldn't agree more.

Gosh absent, that was harsh.
I really liked it.

I wouldn't say the sentiments expressed were 'mindless'.

absent

I agree absent - it's a load of complete anodyne tosh that I couldn't begin to dignify with any sort of intellectual response - but just one thing - I have no problem saying I love you, I'm sorry and help me because I'm a grown up and emotionally intelligent

These things are always being churned around on facebook.

My mother always said if you can't say something pleasant say nothing except she put it more robustly than that. Always remembering she was a lady.

Stansgran I have always thought that censorship was rather absurd.

I had one to day about Angels helping me in a time of need.

Does anybody know what an 'intention avalanche' is supposed to mean? And where is the research to show that the strongest are the most sensitive, etc?

Funny that Nanaej so did I
<adopts Joyce Grenfell tone> Thank you so much for sharing that with us

I believe in good manners and I would love to see pornography censored and drugs and weapons unavailable on the Internet so yes I believe in censorship. It is not absurd.

I believe in good manners and I would love to see pornography censored and drugs and weapons unavailable on the Internet so yes I believe in censorship. It is not absurd.

Yes, I'm a strong advocate of free speech but that should come with some responsibility for the vulnerable members of our society, so if it isn't tempered at source then censorship is needed.

Greatnan I found this definition on the blog of someone called Rae-Lynn:
'I like the idea of an Intention Avalanche and I think we can take it even one step more and make the effort to actually reconnect with people in person. There’s nothing greater than a big hug….except maybe ten big hugs, so go ahead, make an Intention Avalanche that includes hugging a friend sooner rather than later, ask someone to ride with you “socially”, invite someone for a meal, buy a homeless person a meal. If we each reach out to one person, that’s a lot of people we can touch who may need that more than we know'

Watch out anyone who's not that thrilled about being randomly hugged

Being serious now.
I believe that most of us are kind, do look out for our friends and family, do care about other people, and I rather resent not only receiving these hectoring emails, but being asked to forward them to all my friends too.

I am somewhat confused - Stansgran, are you saying that the posts which say that the writers find this thread sugary should be censored? If so, who should do the censoring?

I remember being hugged in the US after Diana died. I think the intention was good so I didn't draw back my skirts and say I'm British remotely and distantly. And I do like the idea of buying the homeless a meal but that is far easier to do in NY or London. Presumably these emails emanate from the US. My email provider tends to protect me.

I don't like receiving anything that exhorts me to forward it to all my friends, even news of a bargain at the supernarket. If it is something that I want to forward, and I feel that a friend will want to recive it, I can make my own mind up.

Stansgran - I think you may have missed the point of some posts. I am sure we are all for 'Mom and apple pie' but some of us find it patronising to have it implied that we need telling how to behave by some stranger.