Christina Smith
Atlanta, Georgia
United States
My Acts of Compassion (4)
#121 1 find this inspirational
An Olympic Archery hopeful, bellydancer, and friend struggles to make ends meet as a single mom. She’s a courageous woman, who also happens to have a disability. I couldn’t buy her what she needed, but I opened my house to host a fundraiser to help her achieve the goal she is so passionate about.
#117 2 find this inspirational
After a 6 year leukemia struggle, my friend Jim was back in the hospital with no immune system, isolated from friends. My husband & I threw a fundraiser dinner for him where guests contributed for their meal, donated/bought silent auction items, videotaped messages for him, and created him a poster.
#116 7 find this inspirational
Ahimsa- Compassion for all living things is a lynchpin of my yoga practice. I have struggled to have compassion for my own past mistakes as my own worst critic and enemy. When I am more gentle to myself, I find it easier to exercise more understanding towards others.
#116 7 find this inspirational
Ahimsa- Compassion for all living things is a lynchpin of my yoga practice. I have struggled to have compassion for my own past mistakes as my own worst critic and enemy. When I am more gentle to myself, I find it easier to exercise more understanding towards others.
My Inspiration (52)
#560 Yesterday I saw a woman probably younger than I am at the shopping center struggling to still her grocery cart on a sloping pavement in order to load her groceries into her car. I went over and held it for her. She was so grateful and we had a lovely chat!
#558 It’s been a couple of years now that I’ve been a volunteer with a local hospice care provider. My “job” is to visit people whose life expectancy is less than six months and try to offer them (and their caregivers) respite from the woe and pain of their dying process. View site »
#541 Bought bulk sugar, hot sauce, and juice for the House of Bread homeless kitchen. Matt Pasquinilli, Asian Arts Center Taekwondo School. Dayton, Ohio. View site »
#535 I went to a charity bazar this afternoon. There was a thin, poor, early 20’s girl with two babies. She asked the manager if she could try a wedding dress. So she did. Her eyes turned into a river when this man gave her the dress as a gift to persue her biggest dreams and beleive in a generous world.
#534 Well i ran after a homeless man and gave him my mittens. He lived down in the creek by our house and i knew he was very cold.
#521 I spend a few hours every month marketing and promoting the business of a young family struggling to make ends meet. Fear and uncertainty can cause a lot of overwhelming stress and this young family is working very hard to build a self-sustaining business. I volunteer my time as an act of compassion View site »
#504 Last year we sponsored a family who had recently lost everything they owned hue to an abusive living situation. After buying beds, furniture, clothing, and other necessities, we realized that the apartment building was infested heavily with roaches. We paid an exterminator to keep the building clean View site »
#503 I heard a very young boy calling for his mom, not sure where she was. I helped him find his mom and he was very relieved. View site »
#487 A boy in my class has a hard time with math and gets angry at himself. I volunteered to help him and my teacher said I could be his math tutor. He is doing better now. Amelia, age 10, Black Belt Candidate, Asian Arts Center Taekwondo School, Dayton, Ohio. View site »
#483 This weekend I made an effort to introduce myself to a new neighbor who had just moved in. I also extended an invitation for dinner in the future. View site »
#200 I am increasing awareness of autism & how it affects individuals who have it & their families. ppl with disabilities are worthy , too. View site »
#199 After my divorce, I returned to college. One day, I needed someone to watch my sick daughter. A woman I knew remotely, agreed. I tried to pay her. She wouldn’t take it, said she had been in a similar situation once and someone had helped her and this was her way of returning the favor.
#193 My cancer diagnosis in 2006 gave me clearer eyes and enhanced feel for life. I now share through my work, the key to this opportunity - compassion, love, forgiveness for overall prosperity. Compassion gives rise to the inner wisdom that strengthens my connection with all others. View site »
#178 Years ago i sat in a public park in the darkest depression i have ever experienced. Crying and rocking back and forth, a latino man who spoke little english gave me his mat and blanket, saying to me “Your home, my friend.” I am where i am today because of that mat and blanket.
#160 My friend Amber’s daughter Jessica is dying, she will die anyday. Tonight when I was in visiting Jessica, at the hospital, Amber showed her incredible compassion when she knelt at my feet, beside Jessica’s bed, to lovingly care for my broken foot; an injury so minor compared to her own suffering.
#148 Jessica will die in a few days from a cancerous brain tumor, she is 8 years old. Recently my 10 year old son, Jacob, wore a tuxedo for her Make a Wish-Princess Party in order to be her Prince Charming. He also gave a speech about how wonderful Jessica is and how special knowing her has been to him.
#144 I was very young when I became pregnant. I was abandoned, became homeless and had no job. Friends and strangers from the neighborhood paid for food and a place for me to stay until I could pay for those things myself. My daughter is 25 yrs old now. I am forever grateful, they saved my life and hers
#142 With my four month old twins in tow, I was looking after my father who was dying of cancer in an out-of-town hospital. Ruth, the wife of another patient also dying of cancer, offered to sleep with the twins in the hospital lobby so that I could comfort my father in one of his last nights.
#141 Last week, I met a couple who had recently become parents to an intersex child. I learned from them that their minister, unable to understand this, had refused to christen their child. I called around and found three ministers who were willing to perform the ceremony and provide pastoral care. View site »
#135 My friend was a doctor in Zambia working on AIDS. He came home with an idea: Link U.S. communities with Zambian caretakers of orphans so the children could go to school. I joined him and others to form Communities Without Borders. Now we are providing education for more than 1100 children. View site »
#124 I was volunteering for a charity out in India and we had a group of children playing ball games. When he realised that one of the children had yet to have a turn, he deliberately made that boy take the next turn. He didn’t know we were watching, and he sought no reward. That’s compassion.
#123 This isn’t mine, but my friends Alex and Tia’s. On their wedding day, Alex and Tia handed us each a pair of Adenium seeds to care for and nurture. What they asked us to do with these plants, I believe, will grow toward humans, too.
#119 I had stage 4 metastatic cancer, and had only a few months to live, if I survived the chemo. So I sold my house to make the transition easier for my kisa, and the new owner, an elderly stranger with her own health problems, made me stay in the house and took care of me while I underwent the chemo.
#118 A homeless man sat on the curb outside a coffee shop. He was dirty and smelled pretty bad. People kept walking by him as if he didn’t exist. There was a great sadness about him so I said “Hello.” He told me his story and I listened. Sometimes all you can do is acknowledge that someone is hurting.
#114 Take time each day to learn one fact about someone new. The people you meet will amaze you with their beauty. Do not act on preconceived notions. Each individual being if different and beautiful in a unique way. Passing judgement on someone before knowing them is not compassionate. Be compassionate!
#129 I am going to give a stranger a smile today. Pass it on. #compassion View tweet »
#108 As a Muslim studying Shria law, I couldn’t imagine that I would live with a Jewish host family in the UK for six weeks, sharing them their daily life and having my meals with them around one table, but I did it. people in Palestine, you can live together, you can do it, only with compassion !
#107 May my act of compassion be , to seek sustanence , as the tip of a leaf , growing on a twig , that stems from a branch . As I gather nutrients I may add to our trunk , and add my tiny part , to our Growing Tree of Life . As those who came before me , I try
#102 Last week my friends were in an off liscense to buy some beer but were 20 cent short. The shopkeeper, after a long and trying day, was having none of it. A homeless man, who was begging outside heard the commotion, walked up to the guys and placed 20 cent in their hand. This is compassion. View site »
#101 Friends from Florida, USA recently lost their 21 year old son in an auto accident. Because of his passion to help the poor and the hungry, food and money were collected at his funeral for the local foodbank. The family established a foundation in his name dedicated to feeding the poor.
#99 My son Jacob and his hockey team did an awesome thing tonight! His special friend,Jessica,who is 8 years old and dying from a cancerous brain tumor attended the game.They dedicated the game to her! They did a ceremonial puck drop and Jacob skated over and gave the 2010 olympic puck to her! read more View site »
#98 In January, my best friend got diagnosed with cancer at 23. Some friends couldn’t handle it and dissappeared off the radar. Complete strangers were amazing though. We had letters arrive from all over the world. The support they offered, kind words and compassion will stay with me forever.
#95 I was a foreign student in NY in 1994. Sometimes, walking around town I would go into a church, always a beautiful and calming space to come to. One time I started crying as I sat there. A homeless guy came up to me, and said God be with you. All I could say was you too. He was a compassionate man.
#94 Our Golden Retriever puppy shares the ‘tasty’ food with her sister instead of keeping it all to herself. Sometimes the animal kingdom shows us up. This charter is an amazing idea and I am committing to logging on each day to ensure I reinforce the use of compassion in my daily life.
#93 Women In Financial Mentoring (WIFM) was born yesterday, a group of female financial advisors wishing to remain anonymous in order to forge ahead with 1000 acts of compassion over the next year and letting our community know of our commitment to the charter for compassion, & changing perceptions.
#92 We at GroupRelations International are working to affirm an emerging collective consciousness much in the spirit of the Charter. It is our aim to act with compassion to bring increased social justice and equity to our world…beginning with our own ongoing development and growth as humans. View site »
#87 Our spiritual community spent the greater part of the evening delivering blankets on the streets of Lancaster to homeless persons, as temperatures are expected to continue dropping thoughout the week, below the 45-degree (Fahrenheit) mark.Old blankets were collected from hotels in the area.
#83 Feb 2009 I hosted a community art show, Faces of God, in Powell River, BC…an invitation to my community to express their spirituality through art, a celebration of diversity encouraging a progression from mere tolerance of religious freedom to a deeper understanding of individual spiritual nature.
#78 Found an elderly woman in her car at night who was clearly out of sorts and possibly in danger of hurting herself of others. I helped her to get the care she needed from medical personal after she was in her car for more than hour unnoticed by the world.
#77 We are heading out on a year long Volunteer tour across the country. We aim to help whomever’s path we cross regardless of race, religion or otherwise. We intend to show compassion along the way with the Charter for Compassion as one of our credos. View site »
#75 my 72 yr old neighbour thought he had arthritis. Turned out it was cancer. One night he called me and asked if I could stay over night to help. It was day 1 of my 4 week vacation. I stayed all 4 weeks until he passed on.
#69 An aunt of mine knew this poor family who had a girl that was really intelligent but had no means to go to college, so she told her parents that she managed to get her a scholarship and paid for the tuitions herself. The girl is now a mother and became a respected professional in her field.
#63 After my friend’s home burned to the ground this past week, along with all of her possesions (clothes, photos, books), her community came together and collected several boxes of clothing and necessities for her and her partner.
#59 Early morning, bus could not go up the hill in deep snow. People got out & moved on. I stood alone, cold, worried, did not know the area nor speak the language. A native instructed his personal attendant to be w/me. He carried my heavy bag up the steep hill to my final destination. I was moved.
#58 Old couple attended the Dalai Lama’s teaching. Next day, husband asked me to take care of his wife since he could not go. I did so. To express thanks they invited me to a private meeting w/the Dalai Lama. My dream came true from strangers. I cried for 20 min after being w/him. They were his friends.
#53 Our puppy, Emaho escaped the yard and ran to the ocean (foreign territory) She swam miles. Two sailors thought they saw a seal and found her struggling, about to drown. One put her under his sweater and then took her home until I could be found. Their cat sat beside her and comforted her.
#46 I was standing on a train platform on my commute home worrying because my fiance had lost his job the day before. A woman saw the sadness in my face and came up to me and said “don’t worry, things will get better”. Her kind words were unasked for, but incredibly reassuring and heartwarming.
#38 Along with 27 Middlebury College student volunteers, we have created a website that will be used to mentor and tutor 7th graders at the Rafael Hernandez School, in Newark, NewJersey, the North Ward. Our goal is to help students with writing, while providing a big brother / big sister. View site »
#35 I approached a store and outside on the ground was an old Japanese man begging. Instead of giving him money, I invited him for lunch. He told of how his daughter died in a car accident and left two boys. The man begs on the side to help the kids. And then I drove him to his home.
#21 I am currently unemployed and living rather hand to mouth. My friend Carol often takes time to bring me fresh fruit and vegetable so I can eat in a healthy way. This is only one example of her many acts of caring. She lives actively the idea of ubuntu. She sees God in all people.
#15 This year I planted a garden in my curb strip to help out my less fortunate neighbors. At the end of the summer, a man stoped by and told me that he and his wife lost their jobs and my garden was their only sorce for fresh vegitables. I’m now trying to get funding for a large community garden.
#9 Upon learning of the Charter, an anonymous donor got into action and provided $25,000 to load and distribute each of 1,000 gift cards from GlobalGiving.org with $25 in stored value. Motivated by the Charter, the donor sees a clear link between compassion, generosity, and matching gifts with need. View site »
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