This is a wonderful topic to write on; recently, I've seen reasons to ask myself, Did people still have hearts? I'm bothered with this question because human activities these days are not showing any acts of humanity whatsoever. People are now doing things not because they love to do them; rather, it's to show off or just to gain favor, as stated in the prompt. These days, the intentions are not as pure as the acts themselves.
I can't imagine a man gifting his so-called partner with different luxuries, and at the end of the day, the intention is to use her for rituals. Likewise, I can't imagine a lady gifting her partner several gifts just to dupe him of much bigger ones. Who could have thought that there were such terrible intentions behind the act of helping? Helping without waiting for a reward is something I've learned since I was a child, and I will always give credible accolades to my parents for inculcating such prestigious morals in me.
Does it matter to do good from one's heart? Yes, it matters a lot because doing good should come from the heart of showoffs or publications alone. The holy book says, and I quote, "A good name is to be chosen rather than silver or gold." This is the motto I always go with, and it has been upholding me till I grew to adulthood. Our intentions behind every act are always being concluded in the heart, even before we exhibit it, so whether the help is pure or for favor's sake, it is already concluded. It is right that people will benefit from the help either from the heart or not, but what is the essence of the help rendered that has no blessing?
Some help with the mindset that you must be able to help them back when they need it, some help so that you can be greeting them now and then appreciating them for the favor they rendered to you. The favor you won't be able to forget you rendered to someone who was desperately in need of it, as at that time, you shouldn't render such help because it will be so sad to help someone and remind them every day that you did, and if not for you, this is one of the words I hate hearing from people.
As for me, I always appreciate every act of kindness towards me. I do give people the benefit of the doubt since the intention behind the help they are rendering is yet unknown. I always give enough time for people to come out clean because I'm certain that pretense can never last for long or forever. One way or the other, the real reasons behind such a person helping me will be revealed sooner or later, but when I found out the intentions were just for showoff or because of what such an individual would gain in return, I distanced myself from such an individual, and that's just to be on the safer side. I would rather stay with the few real ones than have hundreds of fake people around me.
Thanks for your time, and your comments will be appreciated.
