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Tribe
6th July 2014, 10:51
I have been feeling really affected recently by people moaning about the fact the world is negative and dark etc , there are so many things that I see that are beautiful and touching and uplifting . I am so touched by this gem I found today in The positive news


In one of the most touching photos captured at the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez — the fantastic Colombian forward — was comforted by the rivals from Brazil, who had just defeated his team and sent him home.




The 22-year-old couldn't hide his disappointment and broke down in tears at the end of the match. That is when the moving moment happened.

After the match was over, two Brazilian players came over to offer some comfort.

http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w639/babyhurricaine/imagejpg1_zps632b38f6.jpg (http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/babyhurricaine/media/imagejpg1_zps632b38f6.jpg.html)




http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w639/babyhurricaine/imagejpg2_zps9b0e9ef9.jpg (http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/babyhurricaine/media/imagejpg2_zps9b0e9ef9.jpg.html)



And he was given support as he walked off the pitch




This lifts my heart , it happens all the time I know .. But a lot of people watched this happen , where as a lot of acts of compassion are done without such witness , I'd like to think that it may have touched many watching and contaminated a dark part of the sickness of society and infested it with love :)

Source : positive news

Seikou-Kishi
6th July 2014, 17:03
The idea behind a tournament is that the number of entries are whittled down to a single winner. Unless there are only two entries and this "tournament" is a single match, there will always be more losers than winners. In the World Cup, there are 25 entries, or 32 teams each trying to win. When 31 of those 32 teams (96.8%) have to lose — when that is a necessary consequence of the tournament format — crying at loss is so ludicrous as to defy all proportion.

Winning in a tournament necessarily has the implication that others must fail. For the Columbian to cry that his team lost is to cry that another team didn't. Good for the Brazilian players for demonstrating a magnanimity in victory which the Columbian didn't demonstrate in defeat.

Wolf Khan
6th July 2014, 21:43
Perhaps his tears were more than ignorant media can perceive.

Tribe
24th July 2014, 16:45
It's A Wonderful Life! Heartwarming moment 200 strangers joined forces to stop cancer sufferer, 63, being evicted by bank after he lost battle over mortgage payments

When a grandfather fighting cancer was told he would be evicted from the home he had been paying mortgage payments for for more than 20 years, he made a short, desperate video appealing for help and put it on the internet.
Within hours, Tom Crawford's eloquent plea detailing his fight with official 'thugs and bullies' had been seen by thousands on YouTube, many of whom were moved to help him keep the home where he and his wife had raised their three children.
As a result, when the bailiffs turned up to repossess the 63-year-old's modest bungalow in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, yesterday, they were met with hundreds of strangers protesting about Mr and Mrs Crawford's treatment.


In a scene reminiscent of the James Stewart film It's A Wonderful Life, more than 200 people surrounded the Crawfords' three-bedroom home, prompting police to arrive and warn the bailiffs that going through with the eviction might be a safety risk.
The astonishing display of goodwill came from strangers who been moved after watching Mr Crawford explain his family's plight in the 11-minute clip.
In the film, the retired flooring specialist promised well-wishers a 'lovely cup of tea' if they joined his peaceful protest against evicted from the home he and his wife, Susan, bought with a mortgage for £41,800 in 1988.
Mr Crawford, who has two grandchildren, said he and his market researcher wife had paid £300-£400 a month for the endowment mortgage for years, and expected to own the bungalow when the mortgage finished last year.
He said: 'That endowment was like an insurance policy that would cover the lump sum at the end of the mortgage.'
But Mr Crawford, who has prostate cancer, said the first hint of trouble came 12 years after taking out the mortgage, when his wife was informed that they 'would never pay off our mortgage'.
He said the couple spoke to their bank manager, who reassured them this was not the case and sent flowers and champagne by way of apology.

But he said he was then told that the mortgage had been changed from an endowment to an interest-only scheme, and that he and his wife still owed £43,000 in repayments.
He said: 'Now they say they cannot find a record of the endowment: they have lost it somewhere, and they won’t even let me see the deeds to the house.
'Now they say I owe them for that, and a mysterious arrears of £1,350 which I know I never owed.
Despite Mr Crawford claiming that he had paid off his mortgage, which he took out with the now defunct bank Bradford and Bingley, a judge ruled against him earlier this year, ordering that he pay off his mortgage by 9am yesterday or face a forced eviction.
In desperation, he took to the internet to appeal to strangers for help, saying: 'Please come and help us, but don’t use violence, they are the ones who use violence. This is a war, for the people.'
He added: 'It may only be a small bungalow, but it is my bungalow, my land, my home.'
Mr Crawford said: 'I complained to the ombudsman, but they said there was nothing they could do as my claim was date restricted

Within hours of posting his film online, the video had been shared more than 7,000 times, and yesterday morning more than 200 supporters and well-wishers from around Britain staged a peaceful protest at his home.
He said: 'Now they are putting us through hell and something needs to be done about it. They can’t keep getting away with this.'
Bradford and Bingley was nationalised in 2008 during the global financial crisis, with the main banking section being sold to Abbey National, while existing mortgages were kept in public control.
Mortgages are now collected by UK Asset Resolution Limited, which was set up by the Government.
A spokesman for UK Asset Resolution would not comment on Mr Crawford's financial affairs but confirmed that yesterday's planned eviction did not go ahead because of safety concerns.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2704178/Moment-200-strangers-joined-forces-stop-cancer-sufferer-63-evicted-bank-lost-battle-mortgage-payments.html#ixzz38PB6q5nx
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Tribe
1st August 2014, 18:22
compassion, not just something we humans posess?


http://youtu.be/gJ_3BN0m7S8
sweet bear rescues a Crow;)

Ria
1st August 2014, 18:59
This what we all need to do for each other. Bless them all.


It's A Wonderful Life! Heartwarming moment 200 strangers joined forces to stop cancer sufferer, 63, being evicted by bank after he lost battle over mortgage payments

When a grandfather fighting cancer was told he would be evicted from the home he had been paying mortgage payments for for more than 20 years, he made a short, desperate video appealing for help and put it on the internet.
Within hours, Tom Crawford's eloquent plea detailing his fight with official 'thugs and bullies' had been seen by thousands on YouTube, many of whom were moved to help him keep the home where he and his wife had raised their three children.
As a result, when the bailiffs turned up to repossess the 63-year-old's modest bungalow in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, yesterday, they were met with hundreds of strangers protesting about Mr and Mrs Crawford's treatment.


In a scene reminiscent of the James Stewart film It's A Wonderful Life, more than 200 people surrounded the Crawfords' three-bedroom home, prompting police to arrive and warn the bailiffs that going through with the eviction might be a safety risk.
The astonishing display of goodwill came from strangers who been moved after watching Mr Crawford explain his family's plight in the 11-minute clip.
In the film, the retired flooring specialist promised well-wishers a 'lovely cup of tea' if they joined his peaceful protest against evicted from the home he and his wife, Susan, bought with a mortgage for £41,800 in 1988.
Mr Crawford, who has two grandchildren, said he and his market researcher wife had paid £300-£400 a month for the endowment mortgage for years, and expected to own the bungalow when the mortgage finished last year.
He said: 'That endowment was like an insurance policy that would cover the lump sum at the end of the mortgage.'
But Mr Crawford, who has prostate cancer, said the first hint of trouble came 12 years after taking out the mortgage, when his wife was informed that they 'would never pay off our mortgage'.
He said the couple spoke to their bank manager, who reassured them this was not the case and sent flowers and champagne by way of apology.

But he said he was then told that the mortgage had been changed from an endowment to an interest-only scheme, and that he and his wife still owed £43,000 in repayments.
He said: 'Now they say they cannot find a record of the endowment: they have lost it somewhere, and they won’t even let me see the deeds to the house.
'Now they say I owe them for that, and a mysterious arrears of £1,350 which I know I never owed.
Despite Mr Crawford claiming that he had paid off his mortgage, which he took out with the now defunct bank Bradford and Bingley, a judge ruled against him earlier this year, ordering that he pay off his mortgage by 9am yesterday or face a forced eviction.
In desperation, he took to the internet to appeal to strangers for help, saying: 'Please come and help us, but don’t use violence, they are the ones who use violence. This is a war, for the people.'
He added: 'It may only be a small bungalow, but it is my bungalow, my land, my home.'
Mr Crawford said: 'I complained to the ombudsman, but they said there was nothing they could do as my claim was date restricted

Within hours of posting his film online, the video had been shared more than 7,000 times, and yesterday morning more than 200 supporters and well-wishers from around Britain staged a peaceful protest at his home.
He said: 'Now they are putting us through hell and something needs to be done about it. They can’t keep getting away with this.'
Bradford and Bingley was nationalised in 2008 during the global financial crisis, with the main banking section being sold to Abbey National, while existing mortgages were kept in public control.
Mortgages are now collected by UK Asset Resolution Limited, which was set up by the Government.
A spokesman for UK Asset Resolution would not comment on Mr Crawford's financial affairs but confirmed that yesterday's planned eviction did not go ahead because of safety concerns.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2704178/Moment-200-strangers-joined-forces-stop-cancer-sufferer-63-evicted-bank-lost-battle-mortgage-payments.html#ixzz38PB6q5nx
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Tribe
1st August 2014, 19:11
yes ria , what a wonderful world it would be :) xx

Moonlight
10th August 2014, 12:49
http://youtu.be/6_nFuJAF5F0



Sir Nicholas Winton is a humanitarian who organized the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. After the war, Nicholas Winton didn’t tell anyone, not even his wife Grete about his wartime rescue efforts.

In 1988, a half century later, Grete found a scrapbook from 1939 in their attic, with all the children’s photos, a complete list of names, a few letters from parents of the children to Winton and other documents. She finally learned the whole story.

Tribe
2nd December 2014, 08:25
http://youtu.be/oeph_eX_pVw

mojo
3rd December 2014, 01:41
love your thread...:)

sandancer
3rd December 2014, 15:52
Thank you tribe , I'm watching this with tears in my eyes :cry:

Just wish someone had been there to help me a couple of years ago when after a long night shift I fell in the snow with my shopping , they all just walked past !

With people like the ones in this video there is hope for the world :group hug:

Tribe
3rd December 2014, 16:21
Oh sandancer , that makes me feel really heavy hearted , don't like to think of anyone having a experience like that .. Bless you xx

Mojo thanks for you comment but it's Our thread :thup: .. I want us all to feel hopeful as even when Pandora's box was opened the last thing to come out if it was Hope :) much love xx

Tribe
3rd December 2014, 16:23
http://youtu.be/6_nFuJAF5F0


Oh moonlight I don't know how I missed this , I got leaky eyes watching that ! Xx

Tribe
17th December 2014, 15:45
Young mother handed £200 in cash by stranger in the street as she did her Christmas shopping with her toddler daughter

Kayleigh Moran was stopped by elderly man while shopping in Ashton
He gave her an envelope and told her to open when he was out of sight
When Ms Moran opened it she found a card with £200 in cash inside
Ms Moran has no idea who the man - believed to be in his 70s - was
She will use the money to visit her mother in North Wales over Christmas

really hate the daily mail and the way they write their newstorys but this is a sweet thing to have happen at christmas
source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2877684/Young-mother-handed-200-cash-stranger-street-did-Christmas-shopping-toddler-daughter.html

Tribe
13th February 2015, 08:41
"Dogged determination" has a mascot, and it's a miniature schnauzer named "Sissy."

On Sunday, the dog escaped from her yard in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, walked 15 to 20 blocks to the hospital, and then sneaked inside to find her human, Nancy Franck, who has been there recovering from cancer surgery for the last several weeks.

Security camera footage from the hospital shows Sissy enter the building via two sets of motion-activated doors. Once inside, the dog looks around, then puts her nose to the ground and heads straight down the hall, appearing to sniff out a trail.

"We looked up and there was this dog just that was just running across the lobby,” Mercy Medical Center security officer Samantha Conrad told KCRG. Conrad said they looked at her tags and called Sissy's home. Nancy's husband, Dale, answered and was relieved to conclude an hours-long search for the dog.

Sadly, Sissy couldn't stay in the hospital, but she was permitted to briefly visit with Nancy before Dale took her back home.




Nancy told KWWL it was "a big boost" to spend time with the devoted dog. "It helped a lot," she said, "just to see her and talk to her."

The Francks say they've never taken Sissy to the hospital, reports note, so they aren't sure how she knew to navigate there. Since Nancy works in a building near the hospital, they speculated the dog had been in the car when Nancy was dropped off one day, and somehow found her way back.

video found from source :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/12/dog-sneaks-into-hospital-sick-owner-video_n_6672222.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000044

Spiritwind
13th February 2015, 17:11
In May of 1991 I got in a terrible accident where I flew through a windshield and totaled my vehicle. It took me months to recover and I was just a single working mother with 2 young boys. That winter I was driving on bald tires in the car I had managed to come up with while working for minimum wage at a local grocery store. There was a young man who worked as a box boy and had just recently graduated from high school. He was short, very thin, and not what most young girls his age were after. I remember him lamenting over not being able to get a girlfriend and he was always flirting. As we worked with him we began to realize when we sent him for a price check that he had graduated from school somehow not having learned to read! We also came to know that his home life was not very good either.*

Finally our Christmas party for the employees came around that year. I went and was having a great time. We had played several games, great food etc. then we got to the gift exchange where everyone had brought and was to receive a small gift from someone. We get to the end and I think I hear my name, but I wasn't really paying attention. I hear it again. Yes, they are calling me up to the front of the room. So I go up there, and there is standing this young man I work with. They roll out this huge box. Guess what was in it? Four brand new tires for my car. Somehow this young man who just seemed like the last person on earth I would have expected this from had got 4 new tires for my car! I'm pretty sure this may be the most surprised I had ever been in my life. I looked like one of those people you see on game shows who just won someone big, jumping up and down and blabbering on like an idiot.*

I will never forget Joey for this. It brings tears to my eyes even now. He probably doesn't even think about this anymore, but I think about it all the time. Random acts of kindness can change the world.*

Tribe
13th February 2015, 17:18
Gorgeous , thats the kind of act of kindness i love .. i felt that as i read the words , very moving and very loving!! xx

sandy
14th February 2015, 02:33
Heartwarming even as a reader Spiritwind>>>thanks for the tank filler today :)

Tribe
4th March 2015, 09:26
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/do-animals-have-compassion-these-5-do/


Animals showing us how to do it!

Tribe
4th March 2015, 09:30
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/giving_away_money_at_intersection-ABCvid.jpg

The cardboard sign he was holding made him look like a beggar, until you look close enough to read it: I HAVE a HOME, I HAVE a JOB, COULD YOU USE an EXTRA $5.00?

Bob Blackley celebrated his birthday by giving away $750 to strangers on the corner of Peters Creek and Silas Creek parkway in Winston-Salemg. This is the second year Blackley has given money on the street for his birthday.





Bob Blackley spent his 58th birthday Friday standing on the corner of Peters Creek and Silas Creek parkways holding a cardboard sign.
Cleanshaven and dressed in a bright orange T-shirt, cargo shorts and dark sunglasses, Blackley had a simple message: “I HAVE A HOME, I HAVE A JOB, COULD YOU USE AN EXTRA $5.00?”
A retired special needs teacher from Walnut Cove Elementary School, Blackley had withdrawn $750 in $5 bills from his credit union account and gave one to anyone who would take it.
“Who can’t use an extra $5?” Blackley asked.
Some motorists tried to ignore him; others sought him out, circling back around the parking lot for a greenback.
Still others, like Angel Queen of Lexington, parked their cars and got out to speak to Blackley.
"He gave me $5 and I had to stop to get his picture.” Queen said. “I’m going to post this to Facebook.”
“I did a double take. How many times do you see someone on the corner, look the other way, and not read the sign? Nine times out of 10 I look the other way.”
One man returned and handed Blackley a store-bought card that simply said “Happy Birthday, Bobby,” along with $3 in change.
Blackley said two police officers stopped to find out what he was doing. One told him, “I don’t know what to do about you out here. I’ve never seen anyone giving money away,” Blackley said.
“He just asked me to move over into the grass so that I don’t get hurt in traffic,” he added.
It took him a little more than three hours to give the $750 away.
This is the second year that Blackley has given away cash on his birthday. And it runs in the family. Blackley’s wife, Carol, spent her birthday in February with their 8-year-old grandson, Gabe Sullivan, giving away gift certificates to customers at the Aldi grocery store on Peters Creek Parkway.
“We try to teach him something,” Bob Blackley said.
Blackley said there’s a bit of competiveness between him and his wife.
“I think she did $700 on her birthday, so I had to do $750,” he said.
But the two also help one another.
“We help fund one another,” he said. “I gave her $350 for her birthday, and she gave me $350 on my birthday. My dream is to win the lottery so I can travel across the state to give away $100 bills.”
Motorists commonly asked, “Why are you doing this?” to which Blackley responded, “It’s my birthday. You’ll be there one day.”

Tribe
4th March 2015, 18:03
A customer walked into his pizza shop and changed Philadelphia with $1 and a single Post-it note.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-customer-walked-into-his-pizza-shop-and-changed-philadelphia-with-1-and-a-single-post-it-note?c=ufb1

Altaira
5th March 2015, 08:16
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11018737_10153094208328908_3619640822574312750_n.j pg?oh=fc84bde168a2d6af472b4d78b1fb0b85&oe=55963384&__gda__=1434119163_8c220a858b5638738945fc1f36f7265 0

Sooz
5th March 2015, 08:29
Oh, my goodness. Why have I not noticed this thread before.

Wonderful stuff!:)

Tribe
23rd March 2015, 12:13
The Radioactive Man Who Returned To Fukushima To Feed The Animals That Everyone Else Left Behind

The untold human suffering and property damage left in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan has been well-documented, but there’s another population that suffered greatly that few have discussed – the animals left behind in the radioactive exclusion zone. One man, however, hasn’t forgotten – 55-year-old Naoto Matsumura, a former construction worker who lives in the zone to care for its four-legged survivors.
He is known as the ‘guardian of Fukushima’s animals’ because of the work he does to feed the animals left behind by people in their rush to evacuate the government’s 12.5-mile exclusion zone. He is aware of the radiation he is subject to on a daily basis, but says that he “refuses to worry about it.” He does take steps, however, by only eating food imported into the zone.
See more about his work and what he has seen in the exclusion zone http://www.boredpanda.com/fukushima-radioactive-disaster-abandoned-animal-guardian-naoto-matsumura/

Ria
23rd March 2015, 12:35
I should think the love from the animals will add a few years to his life. Beautiful.

The Radioactive Man Who Returned To Fukushima To Feed The Animals That Everyone Else Left Behind

The untold human suffering and property damage left in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan has been well-documented, but there’s another population that suffered greatly that few have discussed – the animals left behind in the radioactive exclusion zone. One man, however, hasn’t forgotten – 55-year-old Naoto Matsumura, a former construction worker who lives in the zone to care for its four-legged survivors.
He is known as the ‘guardian of Fukushima’s animals’ because of the work he does to feed the animals left behind by people in their rush to evacuate the government’s 12.5-mile exclusion zone. He is aware of the radiation he is subject to on a daily basis, but says that he “refuses to worry about it.” He does take steps, however, by only eating food imported into the zone.
See more about his work and what he has seen in the exclusion zone http://www.boredpanda.com/fukushima-radioactive-disaster-abandoned-animal-guardian-naoto-matsumura/

Tribe
23rd March 2015, 12:48
:love: so true Ria ! xxx

That Guy
23rd March 2015, 13:51
Last night at work I cleaned the poop of a schizophrenic too young old man with terminal colon cancer, then I gave him morphine and helped him into bed and tucked him in, I turned up his radio and tv to block out the voices and left the lights on so there would be no scary shadows in his room, for me it was just another Sunday, for him it was awkward, we wished each other a good night, we are both happy we met and get along fine, I hope to clean his butt a couple of more times, we laughed ourselves half to death, of course he has the last laugh, as it should be.

:hugs:

sandancer
23rd March 2015, 19:06
Thank you That Guy , this brought back memories of doing the same when I worked with people with dementia and Alzheimers .

I remember being handed a perfectly formed stool across the dining table one day by a smiling elderly gent !

What could I say except Thank you I bet you feel better now you've got rid of that !!!!!

A smile , laugh , hug and kiss mean more than many will ever know , when memories are gone and life is full of confusion , anger and sorrow , holding a hand listening giving time and a cup of tea works wonders .

'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take

But by the moments that take our breath away ' :group hug:

Tribe
23rd March 2015, 21:46
ah i worked in a E.M.I unit for three years , i was asked wither i preferred geriatric care and did i want to move over to a easier ward? I said noo way these guys tell it to me straight ! , i may have to do a lot of cleaning up , like sundancer and that guy , but i loved the humour and sometimes angst of these guys. it was a challenge but i loved each one with all my heart and wanted to keep them happy and safe ! xx

sandy
24th March 2015, 02:57
Awww you bunch sure do fill an old gals heart full of love.. Thank you :hug:

Tribe
4th April 2015, 13:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-Egp0lECk


compassion continues :love:

Tribe
4th April 2015, 13:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bbTq08yJM4

Tribe
4th April 2015, 14:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_3wjpyVn0g



love is all you need :love:

That Guy
22nd April 2015, 16:20
Last night at work I cleaned the poop of a schizophrenic too young old man with terminal colon cancer, then I gave him morphine and helped him into bed and tucked him in, I turned up his radio and tv to block out the voices and left the lights on so there would be no scary shadows in his room, for me it was just another Sunday, for him it was awkward, we wished each other a good night, we are both happy we met and get along fine, I hope to clean his butt a couple of more times, we laughed ourselves half to death, of course he has the last laugh, as it should be.

:hugs:

A.
R.I.P.:priest:

And indeed he laughed.

RealityCreation
23rd April 2015, 11:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xkQHh0HUxU

Spiritwind
26th April 2015, 16:41
I have been thinking a lot about compassion lately, and what it means to me. I realized this morning that compassion is an art form, in a way, in that the more you practice it, the better your skill. I have found that many times as I reflect back on my life, my understanding of compassion has changed dramatically. I used to confuse compassion with my unconsciously programmed need to rescue another, and many times it was due to my own discomfort at what I was feeling in regards to what I felt was happening.*

An example of this is when I went to visit my ex partner with whom I had a daughter with. It is a long and very involved story of how I had come to this place, but anyway, on this occasion I had arrived at his home with him being in an extremely depressed state. He was even making comments that made me suspect he was going to end his life, which he actually did try to do on a later occasion. This time, though, he was trying very hard to manipulate me into staying to take care of him, knowing that my leaving him was a very difficult thing to do in the first place.*

I gave him a candle with a picture of Mother Mary on it, him having been Catholic when growing up. I said some prayers for him, gave him some prayers to say for himself, and then left. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. But it was also the beginning of being able to put myself first, as well as the compassion to let him face his own dark night, and humbly know that even if I had stayed, I was not in control. What I learned from this is that while I can share my journey with others on a similar path, and even be supportive in a mutually beneficial way, each must be able to carry themselves. I am not referring to him, but to myself. Some of us are so committed to service and helping others that we forget to take care of ourselves first.*

So, I guess the moral of this story is to make sure while you are being of service you are not also becoming a doormat as well. In the end you help no one when you forget to put yourself first. And that does not mean you are being selfish.

Spiritwind
26th April 2015, 16:42
Whoops, somehow it double posted. Feel free to delete this post. My computer is acting very strange.

Sooz
26th April 2015, 16:46
A.
R.I.P.:priest:

And indeed he laughed.

OMG, this deserves a bump. Thanks That Guy.

Last night at work I cleaned the poop of a schizophrenic too young old man with terminal colon cancer, then I gave him morphine and helped him into bed and tucked him in, I turned up his radio and tv to block out the voices and left the lights on so there would be no scary shadows in his room, for me it was just another Sunday, for him it was awkward, we wished each other a good night, we are both happy we met and get along fine, I hope to clean his butt a couple of more times, we laughed ourselves half to death, of course he has the last laugh, as it should be.