When meeting our need to feel safe, secure and loved, we tend to focus on our immediate support network – friends and family. But what happens when you cast your net wider, whether by choice or circumstance?
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness,” the ancient Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca is believed to have said. We’d like to know about when you’ve been on the receiving end of this.
Perhaps you’ve found yourself vulnerable in a public place, having received some bad news, had an accident or juggling small children.
Maybe a kind stranger helped when you were travelling, at a crossroads in your life or when you were sorely in need of a fresh perspective? Or perhaps someone you didn’t know has stepped in in a life-changing or literally lifesaving way: to donate blood or even an organ?
How did their actions make you feel? Did it change how you view others, or how you think of society?
We’d love to hear your experiences and will be collating some of the most interesting responses for an article in our next print issue. Please fill in the form below as soon as possible to take part.
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