H+ (boast about your pons)
Pons are small actions of help. They give a sense of achievement and boost self-esteem. The word 'pon' is short for 'positive action'. You can also add pons that you have not carried out, as suggestions to others, since pons are not always easy to find.
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Permalink Reply by Andy on -
Pon: Respecting others by not ignoring them: smiling at them if appropriate. (From The Happiness Purpose)
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Permalink Reply by Linda Laird on -
I rescued a frog today from being skinned alive by my strimmer. I took a little nick out of him before I saw him. Does this count?
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Permalink Reply by Franis on -
I am acting as liaison for care and patient advocate for the 27 yr. old daughter of an old friend of mine. The girl, formerly working as a talented juggler, is having serious trouble recovering the use of her mind after taking LSD two weeks ago. Touchingly, she also allows only me to comb the neglected dread-locked matt of her hair.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on
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I introduced one friend who needed someone to take care of their dog for a couple of days to another friend in their neighborhood who also has small dogs. I enjoy encouraging community connections.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on
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I helped a baby gecko who had somehow ended up on my car toward a new place to live that had water and bugs near a supermarket water tap.
I would say that yes - Linda Laird's rescue of the frog definitely counts, even if the frog got nicked. Mitigating the effect of humans on the local fauna makes me feel a little better about being a human.
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Permalink Reply by William Jack Jordan on -
I recently chatted and was friendly with a drunken stranger who was going to jail the next day for stealing cars.
Two days later a similar thing happened with a stranger in a bus who had just been released from jail for drunken driving and was wrapped he was going to see his two kids.
It would have been easy to shy away from these guys, but I believe something positive came from accepting them.
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Permalink Reply by Phil Bachmann on -
Jack,
Excellent pons.
I recently asked a woman why her children were delightfully friendly and she told me that it's because her kids were always hanging around the pub her parents-in-law owned. In this way they learned from an early age that unusual looking people are usually interesting and often kind to kids.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on
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Thanks Samir!
Adding to the pon above the post you made, (so am replacing that post with this one.)
I've helped a disabled person start & write a blog about the In Home Support Services cuts in CA. You can find this blog by searching mystoryinca.blogspot
I suggested to her she start writing this blog. People were giving her suggestions without any idea what she was really facing. She thought that if she wrote it down, she could have people read it and not have to keep repeating herself. She realized that each time she talked about these problems, it made her feel suicidal. But she needs the help and suggestions of others. She'll check out any suggestions she gets.
While she was getting a tooth fixed, the inexperienced dentists at the discounted service for disabled people messed up her new crown by breaking her prepared tooth before the crown was set into place. The recommended she remove the botched tooth. I took her to get a second opinion, offered to pay for it - but the second dentist was so sympathetic that he did not charge for his opinion. He recommended that, although the job was botched, that the tooth can last as long as a few years - so, to keep it in place. So - double pons - for both the dentist, who is named Brian Barientos in Bolinas, CA and myself!
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