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Old Apr 04, 2012, 03:02 PM
sittingatwatersedge sittingatwatersedge is offline
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... behaviors are easy.i can go over to a person who is clearly upset and put my arm around that person and listen to what that person has to say.it may look like compassion to the person who i put my arm around but for me maybe maybe i have just learned from others that this is the correct response.not that i can feel what that person is feeling or necessarily want to make this person feel better but that i just know this is the correct response to the situation.

you're right in that sometimes it can take just the smallest gesture of kindness to help someone in need; but don't sell it short, Granite.
It's astounding how few people in this world take the trouble to do just the smallest thing for someone else.