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68 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 2 Apr \ on: When was the last time you helped someone? AskSN
Let me just put it this way. If you aren't helping someone every day... I'm not sure what you are doing with your life.
- If you have a job you are helping someone.
- If you have a family and are not helping someone... you are terrible
- If you live in a community and aren't helping anyone in that community... its time to start looking around for things where you could
- If you are a Christian and aren't helping people, you need to talk to your pastor, or priest about it and ask them for counsel.
We are not meant to live alone. Humans need community and community involves helping others. We all can help others and will all need help from time to time.
Yes, helping others does feel good. Not always though. Some people are not grateful or thankful. But, I have found that joy can be found in doing almost any task.
I really think that some of the depression we see in people today is due to selfishness. Not being connected to communities and therefore focusing more inwardly instead of outwardly. Even just having a job that you go to each day can help. That is, if you put your best effort into that job. If you just half-ass it... you know it and it will be a drag. Seek to do good work.
You remind me of “Lost Connections” by Johann Hari. He made similar points - about how the loss of communities and connections makes us feel vulnerable and susceptible to depression
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