Why Help?
I happened to come across a phrase, a very beautiful one that actually got me thinking for a long, long time. The phrase goes like this; "You will never get poor by giving". I know it doesn't sound like much, but thinking about it has indeed been very interesting.
Hello there, I'm the Earthian.
See, it wasn't just this phrase that I came across. There was more to it. There basically was a video in which a person, disguised as a homeless man, tried giving money to the people who approached him, either by insistence or by chance. See, it wasn't just that they didn't take his money, most of them, they rejected it with a sense of arrogance and hatred, showing bluntly and blatantly that they were rich enough on their own and didn't need a homeless person's money.
As eye opening as this in itself was, I thought about applying this to other situations of life.
Why do we help people in life? Why do we even think about helping people in life, if at all we do think about helping? Is it because we want to show the world that we are capable of helping people? or is it because we want to help them because helping them is a good thing to do? Do we help assuming a higher position than the person we are helping? or do we help because we want to help them get better too? Is it because we just have spare change with us that we can afford to get rid of? or is it because we want to make a positive difference in someone's life?
Ponder.
Lot's of love, peace.
Hello there, I'm the Earthian.
See, it wasn't just this phrase that I came across. There was more to it. There basically was a video in which a person, disguised as a homeless man, tried giving money to the people who approached him, either by insistence or by chance. See, it wasn't just that they didn't take his money, most of them, they rejected it with a sense of arrogance and hatred, showing bluntly and blatantly that they were rich enough on their own and didn't need a homeless person's money.
As eye opening as this in itself was, I thought about applying this to other situations of life.
Why do we help people in life? Why do we even think about helping people in life, if at all we do think about helping? Is it because we want to show the world that we are capable of helping people? or is it because we want to help them because helping them is a good thing to do? Do we help assuming a higher position than the person we are helping? or do we help because we want to help them get better too? Is it because we just have spare change with us that we can afford to get rid of? or is it because we want to make a positive difference in someone's life?
Ponder.
Lot's of love, peace.
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