Have you ever been in a really tough spot that you couldn’t get out of on your own? Did you have to ask someone for help? I’ve been through difficult situations multiple times and I am grateful that I had people — real friends and reliable loved ones — who helped me out. Nonetheless, I couldn’t deny that there were also a couple times (or maybe even more) when I tried to ask some people for support only to end up feeling even more sorry for myself. I might not be able to share all the juicy details here but I guess every one of us might have experienced being belittled, ridiculed and led on by false hopes at one point in our lives just because we needed help.

When Helping Others

And you know what? I’ve always believed that those who require people to beg when asking for their help are the worst kind of people in the world. I believe that we should always be honest enough to tell our friends our loved ones who ask for our help the real deal. Let people know right away if we can help them or the otherwise rather than sugar-coating things or judging them because of their situations.

I’ve always believed that people don’t need to ask us 10 times or more only to let them down in the end. That would be utterly mean and cruel. If we can’t, just tell them that we can’t.  

On the other hand, I also believe that if we’re blessed enough to help others, we should do so willingly and wholeheartedly. We should not be helping people to get something in return. We should not be helping people only to put them at our beck and call. We should not be helping people to establish a debt of gratitude. That’s just way more evil.

We should always remember that whatever you send into the universe comes back.

If we show care and compassion, people will do the same for us. If we make people happy, they will also make us happy. If we give love, we get love back. Now imagine what will happen if we screw people over.