…to think of any Scotsman giving anything away, runs contrary to the mythic caricature of the miserly Caledonian with triple locks on the wallet in his sporran… a legend put about, it’s said, by dastardly English persons deflecting their own paucity of charitable inclination… be that as it may or may not be, this ol’ Jurassic Scot has learned a basic truism of Life generally… to keep it, yeez have to give it away… and I don’t mean money… sounds daft, I know, but think on this… the number of times yeez’ve witnessed sumb’dy extending a kindness to another human being… simple things sum’times, such as we were taught as schoolkids… helping older people to cross the road… often it’s a gratuitous smile when the recipient has endured a tough day… yeez have no idea how much reaching out can help that person to keep their day hanging together for another 24 hours… sitting on a park bench and opening a friendly conversation with yer neighbour on that bench… maybe the only human contact they’ll get all day… in the writing universe we talk of ‘paying it forward’… the practice of helping other scribblers with encouragement in the way of ReTweets about their latest book launch… a Facebook comment, remarking on how well they look… and on that subject, yeez’ve no idea how many of the good folks on these channels have little other civilised communication in their lives, mostly as a result of circumstances not of their doing or choice… Life’s like that sum’times… with no expectation of getting anything back from doing this stuff, (coz that’s not the deal), it’s amazing how frequently I get little messages from my SOSYAL NETWURKIN friends with a ‘thanks for this’, and an ’appreciation of that’…
…there’s the real payback, Lads and Lassies of Blog Land, and I’m LUVVIN IT!… if yeez aren’t into it yet, climb aboard, pay it forward, and enhance yer own lives and just maybe, those of others… see yeez later… LUV YEEZ!…
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
This works for Authors, Bloggers and people you’ll meet in the street…
Try it – you know you want to…
😀
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…you got it, Chris, but you always have done, that man :):)
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Thank YOU handsome Seumas for all YOU do! ❤ ❤ ❤ Life is never dull with you out there in the blogosphere.
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…mwaaaaaaah, m’Lady, Linny:):):)
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Hope you are well!
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..hale and hearty, m’Lady, Merril… cheeers :):):)
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Yeez are the Best That Man!!
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..cheeeeeeers, that man, Patrick 🙂
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Amen and amen!
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…cheeeers, m’Lady, Cate 🙂
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Thanks for the reminders about just being a decent human being – of which you are a wonderful example.
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…it costs us NUTHIN to give away a smile, m’Lady, just as you have on your avatar there! 🙂 mwaah 🙂
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This is a lot of blog lovin’. 😀 😀
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…mega-mwaaaaaah, m’Lady, Tess:):)
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😀 😀 😀
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
Seumas has the right idea. We appreciate it Seumas. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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…thank you, m’Lady, Suzanne 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Bingergread Cottage and commented:
Seumas says what I’ve believed all my life!
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Been doing it all my life – giving AND receiving and can’t think of any other way of living. Thanks Big Man. Reblogged to encourage the laggards xxx
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…and I KNOW you have m’Lady, Ailsa…you are a natural giver …. LUVZYA!
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Thanks Seumas. One of the best ways to feel happy about life is to make someone else’s day, isn’t it. In my old counseling days, we relieved a great deal of sadness by encouraging clients to volunteer and make a positive difference in the lives of others. The high is better than a drug.
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..you betcha, m’Lady, Diana :):)
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You’re so right! 🙂
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…cheeers, m’Lady, Olga;):)
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