Sometime in my life I used to think that kindness is only a measure of what you must have in order to give, that is your extent of possessions is relatively dependent to what you can be able to give. I also use to have that mentality that one of the ways to be accepted in the society is to be able to give and impact into the society.
But I guess I was wrong. Firstly it will be nice to understand what giving really is, why we give, what we can give, what is achievable when we give.
There is an adage that says "feed a dog for a day and he will remember you forever, but feed a human for a year and he might forget all that in the following year"
This is very true, I must say humans can be sometimes very surprising when it comes to being grateful and this is the major reason why a lot of us especially in this present day neither want to help or render any trace of help to anybody.
Humans today and even in the past days have been very ungrateful in relating with one another in terms of showing appreciation for the extent of value for any little help rendered. Some don't even recognize kindness when it happens to them talkless of showing gratitude. Others tend to forget over time, the sacrifices their fellow people have put in to make sure they render a help to thier colleagues. This forget so soon syndrome could further cause disregard and devalue of sacrificed efforts.
Well some will say, don't expect gratitude for your kindness, that your blessings are in heaven. Well very nice conception and I have no problems with that, but then have you tried imagining how painful and unjust one can feel when you actually realize that your kindness was not gratified or valued but rather was disrupted and paid with.
Well we all could have had that feeling at one point in our lives or the other, probably from a friend or family member. The truth is it is painful, heard about people who go around and say they will never render any form of help anymore.
This is where these questions come up #what is giving really about, why we give, what we can give, what is achievable when we give or should we expect anything in return when we give??? You might also want to go further to ask.. Can you displease yourself to render kindness?
Some how all this questions might matter to the giver, but then only one question can answer all other questions -do we need help ?
From my own perspective and point of view, we all need help some how one way or the other, either to solve a problem or to prevent it. It is true that no man is an island, and this is because no man can really go far in life working or trying to work alone, it's almost not possible, somehow one way or the other people will come in contact with you and by that time it's either you're helping thier life or they are helping yours.
So the fact remains that we all somehow will need help that was why God went on to create eve .
The NEEDY emphasis now makes help a value no matter how little it's being rendered. The worse thing that could happen to any human is not to recognize help or kindness when it actually happens to them. We all need to create a foundation for gratitude to become our lifestyle, you have no idea how much it will go to bring divine joy to the helper, *most times, gratitude encourages the helper to help more and not just help more but will help with gladness.
With this, I can't over emphasize how important it is to acknowledge gratitude and be thankful in appreciation when we receive a drop of kindness, because every kindness it is extremely divine, whether from a sinner, unbeliever or believer. Thus every drop of kindness counts.
#special regards, gratitude and appreciation to everyone who has in one way or the other shown a drop of kindness in my life. May God never stop increasing you.
#Gracias#
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GODBLESS YOU.
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