Who is the most caring person you know?

“the open gravified spaciousness of pure emptiness.” - maybe THOSE were the words I was fumbling for this morning.
Nah, I never would've thought to say that. But I love your answer.
Oh, and congratulations on your yoga studio. I think a recession is the perfect time to plunge in.

Very thought-provoking, although the Tool-Maker may not really give a flip about the motavations of the tool as long as the tool is in the right place at the right time and does the job as intended.  After all, when I'm using a hammer do I really care what the hammer thinks?  Is it in a good mood or is groaning with a sore head from staying up too late?  All it has to do is be where I put it last time I used it and drive the nail home with little or no fuss.  Job done, hammer returned to its place and I'm satisfied the shelf will hold.  There it can ruminate in it's actions all it want while I get on with the project at hand.  Thank you, Jon, for another eye-opening response.

Well, Jon, I'm a superficial girl, and sometimes “a cigar is just a cigar”.  Have a Great Day!

Jon, something rang a bell…speaking of superficial, have you seen the new Ken Doll to be released next year( I didn't know he and Barbie had split the sheets) ?  He is called Sugar's Daddy by Mattel, although naturally, it's been shortened to Sugar Daddy by the rest of the doll- loving world.  I've seen him and it's hard to tell if he's dressed like a pimp or like he's cruising the bars.  He's supposed to rep. the South Beach of Miami tribe and looks a bit flashy for my taste.  Bring your cowboy hat and boots and we'll walk stiff-legged around the situation.

Ditto Jon to your blog…You took the words right out of my mouth….Well not literally bleuh!!  I wanted to say that - not fair….!!

This morning, the saintly christlike qualities in me began to tingle with the question, and I was dying to write it's me, it's me….. Im' the most caring tongue in cheek personified tricktster. there is…..  Ah, but then I thought  once again, 'Clare you better come clean here, and look for the motivation below your beautiful compassionate nature'  Which don't get me wrong, I have done for many years now; seek the motivation that is, not con myself.

 So yeah I am only joking….

But as always you expressed far more creatively than this auld one could.  And reading it has made me laugh. 

 Robert Masters said this the other day on twitter

 ”Many who espouse unconditional love confuse it with unconditional acceptance, thereby reducing it to terminal niceness”.

Doesnt' it make you want to puke when you meet people like that.

But of course, you and I aren't like those people - we are above all that.

Love

The one with the swollen tongue in cheek.

I'm not feeling so bold as to jump in and swim with you titans of wit, but I am enjoying the show! 

It seems that everything we do is for ourselves. It may be that when we cannot distinguish ourselves from the other that our caring goes beyond ourselvish motivation. (-:  ~> <3

Jeannie, my personal thought is that everything we do is done for love of self and this is as it should be.  As we expand our sense of self, our expressions of love expand as well. 

Oh crap, now I'm in the friggin water… no boat, no life preserver, nuttin. 

But wait, here comes an entire fleet.  Look, it's the U.S.S. Compassion, the H.R.S. Understanding and the Good Ship Lollipop captained by Lovem Pathy! 

Thank goodness.  Just when things look were looking bleak I got picked up by love! 

Throw out the lifesavers while I get the pate, crackers and some rope.  I don't know about Ken's legs, I haven't seen him with his pants off.

“more demonstrative and less trickstery…..” - I've been thinking about this very thing all day today. In person and in pixels I am very trickstery. I believe it's the most “caring” quality in my life, although I'm certainly not going to get nominated for sainthood for this. But it's the area where I will completely anonymously throw things into the universe just so that people will be surprised and have fun, even if I never see the consequence myself, just as a kind of game. And it is very self-motivated, because I would rather live in a world where more people are having fun than not, and because I entertain myself, and because it seems to me like having interactions with the universe is what I'm here for, the best and most fun game ever. But in the saintlier-than-thou contest, I wouldn't even make it in the door. Messing with people as a recreational activity doesn't really qualify like working with orphans in Calcutta or something. Still, I think leaving weird notes in the pockets of clothes at the thrift store so that someone will find them and will not know what to think is contributing to the overall goodness quotient and I don't think I would like Calcutta. Anyway, I think this self-serving thing gets a bad rap along with its friend, being trickstery.

Jeannie, I'm behind you 100%.  Pass on what you can afford to and let someone else reap the benefit, even if it's just a smile from a note left by a stranger.  When it comes down to splitting hairs, I haven't got the time so I opt for the high road and throw the change in the Salvation Army kettle anyway.  Why? I don't care why, if it helps, it helps.  At least it doesn't hinder.

One thing I think is for sure is that part about us all being in the same boat, it's a pretty safe ride for me with you guys…we're all weird!

Hey Jennie, how dare you call me weird …I resemble that remark!  My stage name is Weird Bob Yankovic.

Gabriel, to me that is the only thing, the only purpose of the work, to see the world as innocent and in so doing, to reclaim my own. 

Shameslaya, sounds like you're moving through a transformational experience.  I am happy for you.