One of the things I know is that poverty is not a crime, and needing help also should not mean surrendering my dignity to anyone. Life is tough, especially with the world economic meltdown, yet problems are everywhere.
Big challenges that require financial intervention. I don't know how it is in some other families, but in my family, it's been tough; only God's grace is sustaining us. Imagine hearing the sound of charity in a time when you are in the most financial need? I will be relieved a lot for the moments just at the sound of charity even when I haven't received it because the financial struggle has been real with unending bills.
You know there are needs you can manage anyhow. Manover some things just to survive anyhow, and life keeps going. You just dress up with makeup here and there, look good and smile out there, but deep down, it's all packaging to avoid telling the whole world that you are going through some hard time, but then there are troubles, especially when it's about health. No matter how you cover it, you can't do that for a long time unless you have signed for voluntary death. I pray my enemies don't put me in this kind of mess to the point that I will be in the mercy of any charity giver to come through for me and, in turn, tell the whole public about my private life.
Personally, if a person genuinely helps me when I really need help, I will be grateful for such assistance. For no reason should I pretend that the help means nothing simply because the person's intentions may not have been entirely pure, not at all.
But then again, I believe that people who receive these charities also deserve some respect. We shouldn't use people's difficult situations to entertain others. To be honest, it's more beautiful to help someone without making the person feel small in the process. And maybe this is one of those things that makes charity work not lose its meaning.
Sometimes it's not about the charity but how we make the receivers feel. Whether we like it or not, life is turn by turn. One day, we may be the ones who need the same kind of help, and another day, we may be in a position to offer help to others. It's important and sensitive to realise that nobody has it figured out in this life; things can take a u-turn tomorrow.
In conclusion, I will accept such charity only if it's about life and death without minding if the giver is chasing clout or whatever. I don't care; life first. Otherwise, it's fair enough that a charity giver takes permission from me before revealing my situation online for his selfish reasons.
To be honest, life is not a bed of roses, so people coming through is nice, but I have boundaries for what I can accept in my life. I serve a living God who wouldn't allow me to be mocked and allow things to escalate to the point that people will take advantage of my condition to enrich themselves online, telling the public about me in the process. If anyone helps me and does that, I will take it up. Only a life-and-death case will make me overlook my dignity for such charity clout.