Are you a good samaritan?

i always try to do the best, but never you will gonna find a perfect person,just try to do the best, without think who will be benefected with that. When you help somebody, you give an example, if everybody try to do examples all your life,(to young people...)maybe you can win with this. A good example of that is help old people, you became in there as quick as you imagine

I try to be a good person, to see the best in everyone and to do what I can to help others. All too often this gets thrown back in my face and it is very sad when it happens. Right now there some people who, between them, owe me a great deal of money. I lent them money to help them when they were down and out and now they are high on the hog and I have never been repaid. I should learn from my mistakes and not be so trusting but I can't help the way I am. It is sad and very demoralising, but sometimes all you can do is move on

I too had similar experiences like you paa and on many occasion I too felt bad and sad. But now I have learned not to get sad with such happenings and doing a favor to someone need not be reciprocal. But I believe that if I do some favor to someone I too will get better favors from some other unexpected corners at a time when I need it most. I believe that an action has a reaction too. So I used to help others as much as I can, within my limits and I don't care about the setbacks. Thank you Mimpi for a good post.

Answer to the later part of your discussion first - As far as I am concerned, I always remember the favour(s) done to me by anybody either close of not so close. I do not forget it, if somebody helped me when I was in trouble. I always keep on thinking how to repay his/her favours...untill and unless I can do that .....I remain impatient. I think we as a human being are supposed to return the favours, in whatever manner possible. If someone has done you a favour twice....you can return it atleast once...that will be fine. But not returning the favour or ignoring the person at all (as happened in case of your father) is really agonishing and very very disappointing.

I am very sorry to read what happened to your father but unfortunately this is what it is commonly happening nowadays..I don't know why people are growing rude and bossy and selfish...it seems that only people like this are the one that succeed in their life. where myself is concerned gentleness is special and preciuos to me even more precious seeing that it is so rare and therefore I cannot forget people who are gentle with me and I always try to let him or her know how much I appreciate what done for me. I think it is important to give the right value and knowledge to kindness.