Giving Doesn't Always Help
I believe in being generous. I believe in helping the poor and needy. There are many unfortunate situations and there are people who legitimately need our help.
I've learned you have to be careful though.
People don't generally appreciate things they gained unearned. The things we appreciate and usually the things we've had to work hard and sacrifice for.
So sometimes you aren't really helping someone by being generous.
The saying goes something along the lines of "give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry..."
Teaching people to work and get what they need is much better approach than giving people what they think they want.
I've learned you have to be careful though.
People don't generally appreciate things they gained unearned. The things we appreciate and usually the things we've had to work hard and sacrifice for.
So sometimes you aren't really helping someone by being generous.
The saying goes something along the lines of "give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry..."
Teaching people to work and get what they need is much better approach than giving people what they think they want.
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