When I saw the topic volunteer, I had to think about what to write because in my country you can get arrested for doing some community service and also you can't expect me to donate blood for free and they will sell it to people, joining a protest is out of it as we, all know how the last massive protest ended, 20-10-20. May their soul continue to rest in peace.
I took my time to read people's posts which eventually gave me an idea of what to write. I'm from a limited source of income family so I know how it actually feels when someone needs help but I always feel like I do go a long way when it comes to helping someone, many times I promise myself I won't do it again just because of how I was paid back for doing good but I still can't help myself. I feel like am an addict to this thing.
Why I used the word addict is because most of my friends about this my inability to say no when someone asks for my help. There was a time I followed my friend who was an event planner to a party, it was very late at night before we left the event because he was the one in charge of planning the event, while approaching the gate of the event hall, he collected my cross bag from me and walked faster out of the gate straight to the uber we ordered. When I got out of the gate, I was hearing was people asking for help so I dipped my hand into my pocket and it was empty, I asked my friend to pass me my bag and he refused, he said that was the main reason he collected the bag from me, that one day I'm going to end up stranded for helping people, I had to knee and beg him before he gave me #400 out of my own money then I just pass it to them and we left.
Whenever I'm going out of my house, I always like to have spare money on me just to help someone out with it because I always expect someone to need my help every day, there was this time I took a loan for my friend to help pay his school fee which I was the one who paid the loan back.
Sometimes volunteering to listen to people's problems, telling them it's going to be okay, and everything is going to be fine is a huge thing to do. It's just a challenge you definitely going to overcome this and many other encouraging words can make a difference for people.
Helping someone out shouldn't be just giving money or food or item. Sometimes it might just be giving a piece of advice to someone. I volunteered to help someone carry her baby in the bus one day while she breastfeed the other. I have many times volunteered to stand in bus just to give my sit to an elder person on the bus too and those little things counts for me.
It is good to help people and expect nothing in return which is the true meaning of helping.
