There may come a point in your life when you feel the need to find some kind of spiritual fulfillment, and it’s reasonable to assume that you’ll turn towards helping people. It is only natural that if you are indulging in a spot of soul-searching, when you realise the fulfillment you can gain through helping others, you will begin to question your motives; if you set out to help someone, and in seeing their gratitude you swell with the feel-good vibes, has that taken the ’selflessness’ out of the act and made it a venture for personal gain? Are you only helping people because of the spiritual reward, and does it even matter?
Your endeavour of helping someone is probably going to involve a degree of sacrifice of effort -whether it’s time, money or simply knowledge. You might buy breakfast for a homeless man, you might teach a group of people a new skill for free, or you might fly to another country to participate in a voluntary project that in some way will help a community. Each of these things, from the spending a few coins to paying hundreds of pounds, involve you sacrificing something. Even if you’re doing it because you know it’ll make you feel better about yourself, you’re still sacrificing something. You’re giving your own effort, time or money to someone without asking anything in return and despite your motives, it’s that sacrifice that makes it possible. Regardless of the fact that you may only be buying the homeless man breakfast to give your life a little meaning – you’re still willing to do it. Isn’t that what matters?
WelshPixie
wesp
presidentjamie