Would you like to join a kindness and gratitude thread?

Me too on that, foxie.

MooM00 you have indeed done so well in the face of the very complex grief you were left with - KOKO x

Life is precious and I’m grateful for everything. X

Thank you for this thread. I have so much gratitude following a recent cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery. The care from all the NHS professional experts, the prayers and kindness of friends and acquaintances and my lovely supportive husband and family.

I often take life for granted and until we get a curve ball like a health issue, it puts the meaning of our precious life into perspective and whilst our world can seem hard at times, love and care from others, when times are tough, changes the focus. I am overwhelmingly grateful.

Fried green tomatoes I know we never see eye to eye but want to say that your post moved me! I wish you and your husband well . Cancer is dreadful , I know!
Hang in there

Way back in the 1950s when I won a place at university, one of the school governors gave me £20 which was a large sum in those days. It paid for my books, undergrad gown, equipment and bus fares for the first year. I’ve always been so grateful to him. I couldn’t have managed without that gift and I’ve always regretted since that I didn’t write to him later to tell him how much I appreciated his kindness.

The kindness, day in and day out, shown to DH and myself by our beautiful family.
I fell opposite a pub (I hadn’t been in!), with an outside seating area, while on holiday. The kindness of strangers, the pharmacist they took me to and the GP almost made the fall worthwhile, I shall never forget those lovely people.

I am grateful that a plumber came this morning and fixed two dripping taps in my kitchen and utility room. I thought the unsynchronised sounds were going to drive me mad so I was especially glad to see him.

I'm grateful for so many things! Mostly being in reasonably good health, having friends and family although my family live a long way away.
Last week I mislaid my phone. I tried ringing it from my landline but couldn't locate it so thought I'd left it behind that morning when I was at a social gathering in the village. I drove back to the venue, located someone who had a key and started searching without success. Then a couple of friends who had been passing and saw me go in the building came in to ask if I was ok as they wondered why I was there. One of them repeatedly rang my phone, again without success. In the end I found it when I got home. I can't imagine why it didn't ring when I phoned it from my landline. Finding it was such a huge relief, but having friends who stopped to help meant a huge amount. The string of missed calls on it reminded me that they care.
Both are friends that I volunteer with at the gathering I'd been at that morning. Earlier this year I had the misfortune to be scammed online and was waiting to find out if I'd get my money back from the bank. One of them offered to help me out financially if the bank didn't help. In the end I was fully reimbursed, but having someone offer to help meant a huge amount - it brought tears to my eyes at the time!

I am remembering long ago, as a family on holiday, we missed the last bus going to the place were supposed to sleep that night. Another bus driver contacted the driver of the bus we had missed , got us on board his bus, and rendezvoused with the bus we needed to be on. We got to our overnight stay. Such kindness from strangers. I still feel grateful.

What a really lovely thread to start Applegran, thank you.

Applegran, you are a star, thank-you.

Lovely idea. X

It is lovely to see so many moving and meaningful posts about kindness and gratitude, and I also want to say thank you to the people who are saying it is a lovely thread. I love it too!
It would be lovely to keep going - it can be cheering to any of us any time and a good way to connect with kindness. So please will you consider adding even brief posts most days? It can be something seemingly very small - what matters is that you stopped to appreciate it. So here is an example for me today - I am enjoying the beauty of the sky. I love looking at clouds and all the shapes and colours they can take and today I can see soft fluffy white clouds in a blue sky.

Two close friends, a couple, died within days of each other. Their funeral is over two hours away. I am so grateful to one of our children who volunteered to drive an hour to us and then on to the funeral. It will be a hugely emotional day, the offer of family support means so much.

I am thankful that my best friend's eye operation has gone well. Also, another friend who is terminally ill is having excellent care and although very fatigued isn't in any pain.

My dear friend stopped outside the local shop on her mobility scooter to buy milk, then realised it was going to be too much for her to walk and get it. There was a teenager coming out of the shop and she asked him if he would mind collecting it for her and she would meet him at the checkout to pay, which he very kindly did. He then insisted on taking her back out to her mobility scooter and seeing her safely seated in it before leaving her and going on his way. She was so pleased and touched by his care.

We were out at a funeral today and called in at our local shop on the way back home. At the till, I pointed to a packet of sweets that I used to love years ago. My husband asked if I wanted them but I said no, I wouldn’t. The young man behind the counter who was packing the bag as he totted up asked my husband to pass him a packet and put them on top of the bag saying, “That’s a wee present for you, Moth.” I was so touched and warmed by his kindness. It was such a spur of the moment lovely thing for him to do.

I just had a friendly email telling me that someone I know who was struggling to walk, is now well on the way to recovery following a hip replacement. The pain is gone and he is walking easily. I am so glad to know it - and am also grateful that with my own new hip I managed quite a long walk yesterday.

Hurrah for new hips. Hip hip , hurrah. 🥳

Am so grateful for the expert care my DH just got in Bart’s hospital London. His heart procedure was a success. He still has many mountains to climb with regard to his health but this was much needed good news 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Applegran

I just had a friendly email telling me that someone I know who was struggling to walk, is now well on the way to recovery following a hip replacement. The pain is gone and he is walking easily. I am so glad to know it - and am also grateful that with my own new hip I managed quite a long walk yesterday.

Great news Applegran 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Walking home after dark this evening - very unusual for me to be out in the dark - I followed my usual route which includes a short twitten. The street light that usually illuminates it wasn’t working so the adjacent householders had strung fairy lights along their fences on both sides.

I am grateful for their thoughtfulness and sense of fun.

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Ref my last post, I have asked the moderators to remove it. In the meantime, I would like to apologise for the way in which it was written.
Whilst I stand by my opinion that the actions of the people in the shop were misguided, I had no intention of being so critical when I wrote about it.
That’ll teach me to have a rather large drink after a bad day, as it totally wrecked my judgement and loosened my tongue! Apologies.