Not everyone is as good as you.

As they say is, life isn’t fair. You don’t get good in return for good. The reason for this is that most people aren’t as good as you. Most won’t even say thank you for the good you do for them and then you end up feeling bad about it.

It has happened to me innumerable number of times that I did a favor for someone and the other person left without even feeling thankful forget saying it.

One such weird incident was when a man wasn’t able to kick start his scooty, apparently the problem was with the scooty which required more than normal kicks to warm up and get started. This man asked me to help him get it started and so I did, after 10-15 kicks it got started.

I felt really good at being able to help a stranger and by the time this good feeling was over, the stranger had already left without appreciating the effort.

You’d probably say that one should do good regardless of the effort being appreciated or not. I disagree, there are so many who genuinely need help but never ask for it while on the other hand there are thankless people who ask for it and easily get it. You know why? Because most people are good.

The problem is we expect others to be like us and in the process spend our energy on the people who don’t deserve it.

Be careful of whom are you helping and does the person genuinely need your help or is just delegating his/her work on you. Like the scooty owner who was 30ish man could have started the scooty himself in 10-15 kicks but why put in the effort when people are there to help for free.

You are valuable and your energy limited. Spend it on the right people. Not everyone deserves the good in you.

-ChoubeySahab