When you help someone do you ever think, “What’s in it for me?”
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Oh great one more question to answer where the outcome will show that we are all monsters deep inside! ((Kidding, or maybe not!)) While I love answering these questions they also kinda annoy me at times. Why do I stick to answering them? Well, because I do like to poke myself in the eyes at times to make me focus again! Is there not something they say about that? The most important things you sometimes have to do are not fun? Having a close-up look at yourself is not always fun but that fact that you learn so much from it is what matters most!
Back to the question. I wish I could say that I never had a thought like that but in the past and at times it still happens that I catch myself at thinking, what's in it for me! Now comes the tricky part! Do I act upon the thought that pops up in my mind or do I tell myself what I can do differently? The moment I catch myself having these kinds of thoughts I whack myself over the head with a frozen tuna and trust me that is not an easy thing to do! A frozen tuna is fucking heavy! Anyways, I stop myself and change the question in my head to something different! Do I want to help this person or am I only doing this to help myself? Because if I do it for myself I don't want to do it! Lucky for me, my brain is able to understand me ((Halleluuujaaaaa)) and I can snap myself out of the selfish mode it entered.
So, my answer to this question is YES, I do sometimes think this way but I don't act upon it! Honesty first right? And don't think that you are a bad person for having these thoughts either. Our brain is wired to think things like this because of the world we live in! It's what you do and how you act upon things that matter! You rock, no matter what! You deserve to shine, no matter the darkness in the world! But when it comes to helping another soul, you should put yourself at hold. At least that is my 4 cents! Yes, I know it's 2 cents but I like 4 better so....((Giggles and winks!))
