1/🧵 Why Helping Doesn't Always Lead to Gratitude: My Eye-Opening Experience
Have you ever gone out of your way to help someone, only to be met with ingratitude? 🤔
It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s something many of us have experienced. Here’s a story from my own life that still stings. 👇
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It's in human nature to quickly forget what other people have done to you. Unless you trained yourself to be grateful to people who deserve it.
Indeed, that's human nature.
It's just our upbringing that makes us be grateful and show gratitude for such kindness.
2/ I thought I was doing a good deed for a friend who seemed to really need my help.
But things took a surprising turn, and I ended up questioning everything about our friendship.
He was my college buddy and I did assignments for him but what I didn't expected to happen happened in the worst possible way
3/ Sometimes, the people you think you know best turn out to be the ones who teach you the most difficult lessons.
This experience opened my eyes, and I’m sharing it in hopes it can help others, too.
Read the full story here:
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https://inleo.io/@idksamad78699/why-helping-doesnt-always-lead-to-gratitude-my-eyeopening-experience-9kg
Luckily, the price was low for the lesson learned. I have learned that extending help for too long reduces gratitude and raises entitlement in many people because they become accustomed to the generosity.
I will go further to say that, in most cases, extended generosity is a feel-good sin by the giver because it erodes the giftee's agency and enables them to continue in dependency.
Yea that's a valid point. Agree with you!