Are you eager to return kindness given to you?

China
February 3, 2009 9:05pm CST
People offer kindness when you are in need of help. Besides expressing your thanks, are you eager to return your kindness so that you are not indebted, or are you keep deep in mind so you do not forget to show your kindness when they are in need of help?
4 responses
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
4 Feb 09
When people offer help to me i do return it if they are in immediate need or when ever they want it. In my case kindness usually comes in the form of money and i try my level best to give it back as soon as i can since i don`t like to be indebted and keep someones hardearned money for long. that way i am relieved of the tension of being in debt which could causs mental stress.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
4 Feb 09
Oh yes! I am very proud anyway and if you can wrestle me to accept a kindness given..you better believe I will be trying to return it relentlessly. I am not used to kindnesses and so I don't really know how to accept them. If I get one..I want to repay it.
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@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
24 Feb 09
yes,,, doesnt mean i will do the same thing, instead ,instead i will show some generosity in some ways. like giving what i have that they dont have, offer something to do that i think they need my help. its like that..
@ank_47 (1959)
• India
24 Feb 09
I do repay kindness with kindness. When I feel that someone has wronged me then I try to let the wrong end there and not continue it any further. It's often easier said than done but that's what I try to do. There are times when I've been reactionary and repaid like with like but I think as a human we are all likely to be that way sometimes. As to kindness being repaid, the belief is that one should not accept a kindness he cannot either repay or pay forward. And one should never offer one and refuse repayment. It is a bad position to put someone in to offer a kindness the person could never ever repay. It unbalances the obligations, and leaves him in debt. I don't expect everyone to see things as I do, but the question speaks so closely to my beliefs, that I thought I would offer my perspective on it. Further, my reasoning for being kind to others has nothing to do with their kindness to me. I am more likely to be nice to everyone I meet. If someone is mean to me, I am more likely to end the discussion and walk away ,not 'repay them with evil'.