Loads and I'm not joking, heart on sleeve, my kids rob me, I'll throw money in anyone's gimmie box, never pass a charity box...feck I'm a sop

Sometimes I can be dead cold hearted I think...well I feel it on here, like when someone has a cold sore or summat and they have about 3 pages of sympathy about it.

I look at you all as though you're a bit

And I have to stop myself going FFS you have a spot on your lip get a flipping grip!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So no, I am obviously not as compassionate as yer average Liveclouder.

yes, well Id like to think I have,one of the things I often do is buy the Big issue of one person, and give It back to someone else for them to sell again.

Me too, after a couple of sherbets I nearly gave a 'tramp' a tenner. My fella went mad.

Why would you need to prove that you have compassion? Isn't it a bit like giving to charity and then ringing up everyone in your phonebook to tell them you have donated to charity.

It's all a bit tasteless IMO

It's selective.

Guide dogs and the Sally Army 

tell me about it, my tattoo should be soft sucker on my forehead !

I think it depends on the subject and what mood I'm in :\

I'm compassionate in certain things. But in others I really couldn't give a shit and sometimes want to shake people. Usually by their neck.

No, it is not like that at all. Who mentioned charidee?

I hear ya

I had an elderly neighbour who had no friends or family. I often saw him pottering about in his garden by himself. Never had any visitors. Kids would tease him and the snobs would gossip. (why is it any old man living on his own, who keeps himself to himself is branded a pervert by the local gossips?). I saw him struggling one day with some shopping while I was gardening and I went to help him. I swear to god he was so shocked that I'd offered help. The other neighbours who were out were tutting and whispering. He invited me in and we had tea and a good old blether. He was from Scotland too. We became good friends and I made him dinner most nights. His fave was mince and tatties. He babysat my kids, had a dram with us at weekends and became practically family. Over the years he became very ill and when he died he left me a few things...one of them being his parrot.

Nobody took the time to get to know him. My street is mostly families with kids. They failed to realise that this man at one point was part of a family who had kids. He lost his wife and his kids drifted away from him. He wasn't a pervert and if they'd bothered to speak to him and spend time with him they'd have known that. SNOBS

I did, I am just comparing the two concepts. you said in your op, do you have compassion and can you prove it. Surely being a compassionate person is enough, why feel the need to prove it to other people?

Compassion isn't always about giving money. I gave my neighbour friendship and a family...kind of.

I pass homeless people where I live and buy them a cup of tea or a bacon roll. I don't give money.

Compassion doesn't have to be a grand gesture....it can be the simplest of things

I'm kind to animals. 

My point is, you can be compassionate in many different ways, but why do you need to prove it? Isn't it just an ego trip to do something nice for somebody and then brag about it to all and sundry?

I am nice to daddy long legs, i kill the bastards by stamping on them before any nasty kiddies can get to them and pull their legs off one by one. Until now I have never shared that with anyone and now I will feel less compassionate about doing it

Oh Cagney what a lovely story.

that's lovely Cagney, I can relate to that

S'ok.  I don't mind being the only cow on here

hahaha.

Cagney has true compassion IMO

Hootie = Zilcho

No, I have the compassion of a turnip!

Alas we are living in a more insular and selfish world.

How do you know I have "zilcho" compassion? Are you hiding in my bins?

I can be a cow too. I save my compassion for those who deserve it. I have been known to burst footballs in front of kids if it comes in my garden more than once.

How do you get that?

Anyone can pretend to be compassionate by posting a billion hugs and angel smileys on a thread about a chipped fingernail.  It means nowt.

What Cags did was something real, that affected someone's life in a positive way.

I happen to know that in real life, nowt to do with forum crap...that Hoots is a VERY caring person.  And I can't believe I've just typed that aaahhhh I feel queasy now (sorry Hoots, no more fluffehness from me!)

Also if it's raining and there are big puddles on the side of the road I sometimes splash teenager when I'm driving

I am going to post some flaming dog shite through your letterbox now!

You're too kind!

Hootie......I was only making reference to you pulling off the daddy long legs legs. I was not meaning to attack you.....me is sorry if you are offended. T'was only a question.

I'm on a roll now

Good story - I fought with my next door neighbour. Nosey old cow was always telling my kids off for shouting, running, breathing. Me and her had numerous arguments. Anyway.....she had a fall one day and had to go to hospital. The paramedics knocked on my door. They said she was asking if I'd look after her dog. I said of course I would (even though she was a cow). As they were wheeling her out I was holding her dog and she was giving me daggers

You've misread...she SAVES the from that (by stamping on them )

She is! She is!

Bad story - I once gave all my kids toys to charity coz they didn't heed my 3rd warning

I agree Cagney and what you did for your neighbour was lovely .. that is what I call compassion

I'm not looking for praise. I feel good enough knowing that his last years weren't spent alone. I posted the story as it's what the thread is about.

I don't think people should brag about the good things they do but there is no harm in sharing stories