Have you ever gone out of your way to help someone only to realize that person was nowhere to be found when you needed them? Do you find that unfair and disappointing? Perhaps you don’t expect anything in return just a little gratitude for your kindness, but sometimes you get the total opposite.
That is the case for many of us, but unfortunately what we fail to realize is how we have turned what is supposed to be a selfless act into a loan. We are waiting to be paid back for our good deeds, with interest if I may add. You see, we cannot hold others up to our own expectation. When we create rules for others to live by we are setting ourselves up for disappointment. We are turning our kindness into bitterness because others cannot be like us. They cannot do favor like us, they cannot be grateful or be mindful like us so we begin to question why we are the ones always making sacrifices. This thought process robs us from giving freely and wholeheartedly.
Now we are not talking about allowing others to take advantage of us, while we turn the blind eye. A good deed is for the well-being of another person, not his destruction. Many times people need our help on things they are incapable of getting themselves, they are lacking something it may be financially, spiritually or emotionally. Those needs certainly can be rooted deeper than meet the eyes. No matter what it may be, if you have access to help, do so without expectations.
I truly believe blessings come from above, not from around us. We don’t need to wait around for favor to come back to us, our faith alone should lead us to believe blessings will always come down to us when our main objective is to bless others. Even in our own hard time, at the right place, in the right time, from the right people our needs will be met. Until then let our gift be genuinely from the heart. Vive la vie!
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