The Power of One that has helped you for today

[Naleena]

I posted the power of one post in another thread that encourages us all to do one small kind act a day. In this thread I encourage you to post the kindness of acts done to you. I think sometimes we don't recognize the little things people do for us.

 

[Naleena]

today 7/10/09 I had a fellow nurse tell me that she and another nurse had been talking about me. They said some very nice things and it made me feel good and valued as a person and a professional. She also encouraged me to let her know if ever I needed her help. Lisa, thank you for your kindness in offering a hand and your kind words that made my night. I will always remember them and you.

 

[Spare]

This isn't something that happened to me today (7/11/09) but a couple of weeks ago. Nevertheless, it's had a lasting impact on me.

As many people here know, I'm a musician. I play my tuba in several different groups, and in most of them I am by far the least accomplished musician in sight. Most of the people I play with are professionals, former professionals, former military band musicians, or former and current music teachers. They've all had formal training of some sort, be it in the military or at the college level. I have not. I learned (and am learning) by doing, picking up some pretty bad habits along the way.

Anyway, one of the people I play with in at least three of these groups (at the most all of them) is a local music teacher and virtuoso trumpet player. He's the type of musician who never has to practice, yet can sit down and play ANYTHING. Literally anything. From memory. We could be at a symphony rehearsal, and if someone across the concert hall is having difficulty with their part, he could pick up his trumpet and start playing along with them until they were back on track. Pretty amazing. He is also very sparing with his praise. So a couple of weeks ago the brass sextet we play in had a pretty good concert, but as usual there were several sections that I wanted back. I commented on this after the gig, and he looked at me, shrugged off my mistakes, and said, "You're getting better every time you play".

Wow.

 

[Spare]

This evening at my symphony concert (see the thread "The Power of One Challange"), a young woman from the bassoon section came up and introduced herself to me during the intermssion. We had a brief but pleasant conversation, during which she complimented my playing, particularly with regard to a specific difficult arrangement, one that most tuba players she's known couldn't play.

I thought it most gracious of her to lie so blatantly for my benefit.
(Actually, I didn't do to badly )

 

[Lonesome Crow]

My friend told me he was going to Phoenix to pick up his grandson. (5 years old)
I asked if I could go just so I can enjoy the little road trip and scenery.

I ask his grandson if his could share his snacks of chips and dips.
The kid kept giving me chips.

I got up at 4:30 earlier.
I took myself bike riding. I rode for one hour from 5 am to 6am.
I rode 10 miles. I promise myself I would have to ride 10 miles or ride for at least one hour.
Kind of breaking it down to just an hour at a time and accomplishing one goal at a time.
I wanted to be able to focus better and discipline myself.
I also did something I knew I could obtain...if i persevered.
I needed to give this to myself.
I enjoyed it very much. It was a beautiful, peaceful morning.
The sun raised after a while...just for that moment I enjoy the sun's rays breaking from behind the clouds.
Plus there was a hawt babe taking a walk and jog. One time she started jogging just to keep up
with me...As usual, I lost my train of thoughts, went off the trail and almost eat ****..

Last week a freind invited my to go have dinner in a fancy resteraunt.
I was broke..but he said don't worry about..He'll pay.

The previous week a couple of friends wanted to go hang out
I told her I was broke..She told me don't be silly and just to hang out with her.
She said she would pay for me
Then a couple of days later we went to go hang out again...
We were both broke..broke
I still put my arms around her though.

A couple days ago my father left a bouch of CDs on my computer.
It's a bussiness software that a lot of bussiness use.
It's his way of trying to make things up to me....
We have not been seeing things eye to eye lately..lmao

A couple of days ago my mom gave me $20 and told me to mow the yard.
She knew I was broke
Errrr...I mow the yard all the time...lmao

The other day early in the morning..as i was taking out the trash dumpster to the street,
I saw my nieghbor that I havn't spoken to before. I went over and introduce myself to him.
I asked him if I could mow his yard for $15. He told me he already had someone doing for
$30. But he siad he would feel bad if I let him mow his yard becuase the guy had been mowing
his yards for years...It was okay. We chit chat for a little bit. He asked me questions and
gave me informations of other possible place to go look for employment. He was being helpful
as best as he can and didn't judge me just becuase I was broke and looking for work..lol
I thought it was sort of cool that I was able to introduce myself to a stranger in an awkward
situation. After all these years I finally personally introduce myself to my nieghbor..lmao
Just that in itself helped me or i felt better about myself.

 

[Lonesome Crow]

07/12/09

I got up at 5:30 AM, then gather myself for around 1/2 hour.
I went bike riding ( I didn't want too).
However I insist upon giving myself this gift of life, self disciplin and accomplishment today.
My freaken lungs, legs and kidneys started hurting halfway through my bike ride. Just one more mile, every mile
I'm proud of myself for being able to ride for an hour without stopping. I did it, I know can.

 

[Bluey]

A nice thing that was done for me to day. My mum phones me and invites me round for dinner. Which is nice. I don't often get dinner made for me by anyone. So I go round for dinner and know one was there.

 

[Lonesome Crow]

Okay...one of my friends got a new computer so he gave me his old one.
which is cool...I need a back up for my laptop for hard drive space at lease.
I keep having to reset my laptop to factory once a month almost and it won't
let me burn disc...fooo Eeeeee.

Anyway this older desk top will be fine to store my data.
It actaully has a processor that's almost as fast as my laptop

 

[EveWasFramed]

lol, this is going to sound really silly unless you're a wife and mother.
My husband cleaned up after dinner and did the dishes while I talked to a friend.
AWESOME!

 

[EveWasFramed]

Naleena also posted this thread, which I think is a kindness. Positive threads like these are so nice to see.

 

[Lonesome Crow]

Another one of my friends called me today and just chit chated with me for an hour.
He's been calling me everyday just to talk to me so that I don't isolate.
It's freaekn hot outside. I don't go out much during the summer.

 

[Lonesome Crow]

I saw one of my friends yesterday. She's been on vacation.
She asked me for a hug..I gave her a wittle one...
She said..."**** that dude, i wanna a hug, hug"
She gave me a big bear hug. And I squeezed her tight

 

[Lonesome Crow]

I was having a bad moment. Then my friend called me to go do some running around
with her. It was an interested evening full of energy at the very least..lmao

 

[Lonesome Crow]

Okay...I can't be that bad or I don't have the get the **** away from me vibe going
becuase two complete strangers said hello to me within a couple of minutes.

 

[loketron]

so the day before yesterday i was talking to my ex and really got into it about how i need to stop pestering her and that we can be friends but were not together anymore. that got me to realise, eventhough i love her, i may have to let go.

then yesterday as i was doing my depressed thing, a buddy of mine, actually my drummer, came over because he got the day off and we went to his house and played a bit, played some wii and hung out. it wasnt for long because his wife was coming home but i really needed that and i feel a little better today.

*sigh*

 

[Spare]

The brass quintet I play in was trying to schedule a rehearsal, but our trombone player was busy administering a jr. high band camp and a lakeside camping facility, so we were having a hard time finding time to get together. The trombone player said, "why don't you just come out to the camp?" We had our rehearsal on a deck overlooking the lake, with a beautiful sunset in the background. It was the most pleasant rehearsal I've ever been to. It was very nice of our trombone player to offer those facilities to us.

 

[Spare]

Some friends invited me to a party. It was a family oriented party, not some booze-fueled rager, so it was a pretty good time.

I left early though, like I always do. The few people I knew ended up on the dance floor, and to my great shame, dancing just happens to be my number one worst social hang-up. I am absolutely terrified of it. If there is any one activity where I feel 100 percent COMPLETELY out of place, it is dancing.

One of my friends called me today to ask me what the heck happened to me at the party. They'd finished dancing, and I was gone. Apparently there were a few girls in attendance they had wanted me to meet.

Oh well.

 

[Spare]

My parents are giving me so much support in my bid to go back to school, both morally and financially. I can't even say how grateful I am.

 

[PoWer2tHePeOpLE]

an old guy i work with (60yrs) said something less than eloquent to me today at work, i countered by telling him that he just behaved like a "retarded old man", to which he just laughed.. for some reason this gives me hope, he could have just as easily punched me for a comment like that.

 

[crystal]

It's the "Fabulous Self-Esteem" by Amy Twain and the "Flab and Fat Away" by Dr. Rose Windale are the "two" not "the one" has helped me in my struggles and improving myself inside and out. ;-)