Helping (Hive) Hands .:. Ph's Shorts 🩳

How great it would be if we could financially help our friends in need without borrowing or gifting them money... Wouldn't it be great if we would be able to do that and still save our friendship and their dignity? That's absolutely possible to do it through HIVE, but many aren't aware of how powerful HIVE is! It's time for a short lesson about it...

When I was in my late teenage years, I had a friend whose dad had 10-11 real estate locals in the town center... He was the "rich boy" in our group, and we, the rest, were not... lol... But he was never acting like a rich guy, but rather like an ordinary teenager like anyone else... His father was giving him money when he was going out, which he would unselfishly spend on us... But, one time, something interesting happened...

One friend had financial problems (not serious, but rather some teenager "shiny-thing-wish-moment") and he asked for a LOAN from our "rich" friend... Surprisingly to us, the "rich boy" said: "I would gladly loan you money, but I'm afraid that it could ruin our friendship... So, I will not loan you money and take some short-term hate for doing that..."

In the first place, I didn't understand it at all and I thought that the guy was a scrouge for not giving him money, but later in my life, I made the mistake of loaning money to a friend... As he couldn't give me back, he was avoiding me forever (despite the fact that I never asked back my money), and we lost our friendship...

Speaking of giving away money as a gift creates another emotional "guilt"... Very often, the person who receives money undervalues herself, and in some way loses dignity and self-esteem... While giving away money looks like a better solution for saving the friendship, it can have bad consequences too...

Now, we are coming to the final question, which maybe should be the first question... Why all this talk and with what point? Well, I have received a DM from a friend who sent me the link to the post where the author was asking for help with his cousin's medical treatment (please check the post out and if you are able to help in any way, you can do so)... Nobody is happy when it's asking for help from unknown people... If I don't have to, I don't ask for help at all...

But, imagine that we, Hivians, are more aware of these things... that these things can happen to any of us... We could need help in the future too... It's nice to see Valueplan account helping people in need, but wouldn't be better if we had our personal HivePower a bit greater so that we could help OUR FRIENDS in need?

It wouldn't be a loan, it wouldn't be a gift, but it could be an upvote, appreciation, a helping hand... Nobody would feel bad, and everyone would win... These things happen more often than you think and maybe you will be one in need tomorrow... Think about your loved ones, think about yourself, and power up some HIVE! Help others to thrive and help others in need!

Thank you for your time.

--ph--