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Can you open your heart for a stranger?

I think most people will be afraid of getting hurt, being manipulated and taken advantage of. I believe a genuinely open hearted act can transform other person, even if they are bad. How they say, at the time of death, people repent for wrong doings, i know that there is a space in everyones concsiousness that knows as to what is right and wrong, in stark contrast of absolute goodness people eventually will realize their wrongful acts.
Some great person said " those who live for others they alone live". Somehow i can relate that one selfless act fills my heart more than all the things i supposedly do for me and my family. If only we can consider this whole earth as our big family. Smile at random person. Make someones day. We wudnt be so pathetic any more. I guess we are taught all wrong concepts of life.

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Justiceforall · M

I have opened my heart up to strangers and I seen both the good side of being kind and the bad. People maybe inherently good but they forget that or learn how to cover it up and don't act on that good until it's to late.

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@Justiceforall Agree on that part also i think what matters more is what we feel as we act. If we can keep our fears aside, i think we will choose kindness anyday.

Justiceforall · M

@Om2014 that's a good way of looking at it, it's not that hard to be kind to another person but you would think it's killing some to do it.

KuroNeko · 41-45, F

You can be open without letting people walk all over you.

KA9ha · 31-35, M

@KuroNeko when your friends place a demand,he gets it from you willingly
But a stranger will never do so and extracts it off you...

KuroNeko · 41-45, F

@KA9ha if you have good boundaries then that needn't be true.

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@KuroNeko I believe in random act of kindness and just walking away. We dont need to hanker around for long term relations. That brings attachment and attachment again makes us selfish.
I agree with you though thats possible

SW-User

No. My heart has no vacancies.

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Om2014 · 31-35, M

@SW-User Your heart is lot bigger than you think :) you hearted my reply for no reason :D see ! Its not so hard

SW-User

@Om2014 Hearting things online is just a prettier thumbs up.

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@SW-User That will do.

Nanori · F

It's easier to trust strangers than friends

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Nanori · F

@KA9ha same goes for friends, they know enough about u to bite behind ur back when they want

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@KA9ha i agree with you, but why have we invested in so many things that we fear losing and we dont open up to the existence around us.

Nanori · F

@Om2014 hope

smiler2012 · 56-60

om214 well yes i suppose i do on similar worlds as we are all strangers to each other

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@smiler2012 Love that :)

smiler2012 · 56-60

@Om2014 thank you but i suppose it is true to certain extend we bare our souls to total strangers

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@smiler2012 We all have limits i guess, not in a bad way always though :)

Beatbox34 · 31-35, M

Did that once. Not doing it again.

I choose to just be within my parameters.

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@Beatbox34 If its that hard. then yeah

Beatbox34 · 31-35, M

@Om2014 I'm not saying it's hard.

The thing is some people are messed up(messed up beyond repair). You can be nice, treat them with respect but no matter what you do they won't change. In my experience, I was manipulated a lot by my friends then in time I met a woman who I thought was good but she too was a mess.

I've learned this. Not all the people you meet in your life deserve your effort. It's best to not strangers at best. Yes I'm being too harsh but it's a weird world out there.

Om2014 · 31-35, M

@Beatbox34 I just commented this here, that what matters more is what we feel as we act, kindness and love can fill oour empty hearts. if we can keep our fears aside then we will choose unconditional anyday. Im not Christian but when i think about Jesus, people cruicfied him still he chose to forgive them and wish them well, i certainly believe he was in much much more better state emotionally evenn though he went thru lot of physical pain. But it depends on individual how far can they go on this path, I believe Jesus was as much human as we are, just that we forgot how to live and how "mature", how much of a "human" we can be