Do you like helping people?

When you help people, do you expect anything in return?

 

nope..never
well.. ok..i cant say i dont expect anything... i expect them to at least concider what i have to say
theyre free to reject it ofcourse
i always HOPE i was able to help but dont really expect that id be able to in every situation

 

most people will like to be recognized and acknowledged.

people who take and never give back and appreciate are annoying

 

Never....that would defeat the whole point of helping someone !!

 

i like for people to be happy, healthy, and most of the time, somewhere else.

as for anything in return, to me it's like this.
a gift is a gift. a bussiness is a bussiness.
if you're expecting anything in return, it's a bussiness, not a gift.

yes i enjoy being magnanimous when i have the means and ability to do so.
i think it's maybe a little bit like braging too, but at least, maybe you're not doing
more harm then good when it's done this way.

i really only like the company of others just so much and just so often,
but i do, far and away prefer, for everyone to be able to be happy.

=^^=
.../\...

 

I love people, and the act of helping them. I expect nothing in return... maybe a smile.

 

In parts of the world, the term "thank you" is considered and insult because it implies selfishness of the person who is being thanked, and takes away from the selflessness of the act. (this is believed by many people in India, which is what made that Alanis Morrisette song so funny and stupid, btw)

I love to know I helped people. I honestly believe in Karma. What goes around, comes around. I don't keep count or een think that much about it. When I see a way that I can improve the day or the life of a fellow inhabitant of the universe, I always try to jump in!

 

Yes, I like to help people. No, I don't expect anything in return.

However, I do know that when I help out my friends they'll be here for me if I ever need them.

 

Yeah, I do. But I expect them to say thanks or be thankful in return...

 

If I help someone, I expect a "Thank You", nothing more, nothing less

 

i like helping in the little, background, behind the curtain kinda ways. otherwise i end up feeling wierd. i don't develop attachments easily, and one built upon a favor done seems a shallow and easily broken bond. at the same time, i don't want anyone thinking they owe me anything, since that wasn't the point in the first place. it's all very embarassing to me.

 

I like to help people. More often than not, I want nothing but a thank you in return.

If I ask you to trade help, I expect you to hold up your end of things. If you don't, I'll go away quietly happy knowing that I helped someone. Knowing that I got an untrustworthy person out of my life at a lower than normal cost.

My word is good.

 

I'll usually bum some chow or a couple of cocktails from anyone I help out...

The things friends & folks ask me to help them with would normally cost a bunch of cash so I figure a taco or a can of Bud is fair payback...heh heh

 

I love helping people, and I dont ever expect anything in return. If I can put a smile on someones face, and hope in their hearts, then Ive woken up alittle part of that someone that will eventually take that gift I gave them, and give it to many others. The gift of love, and compassion. I spent 6 months volunteering in New Orleans, helping people pick up the pieces of thier lives, helping them build strength and hope in building their community back up. It was such a profound expirience for me. It made me realize alot about myself, and my human family. Everyone feels vulberable sometimes, but with alittle help, and alittle hope, you can build the community back up, better, and stronger. If we all, little by little help one another, even in the smallest of ways, we can wake the world form illusion, and you never know... we could find peace.

 

Indeed.

But it's always good to let people give a little something back to you when you lend a hand....

Any time someone has done something for me I always like to give them at least a meal or such...otherwise I sort of feel like a mooch.

Same thing for the opposite, but if I don't get anything in return I'm just glad I could help someone and save them a few bucks...

I actually get pissed when friends pay to have something done for them that I could have easily done for them for free...but I also get pissed when too many people are asking me to do things for them and I neglect my own needs...it's a strange line....

 

True. When someone does something to help me in some way, I give a gift, or make a meal, or let them know in some way that I apreciate them. and I also get alittle ticked when people expect things from me because Im a good helpful person.

 

well..expectations..thats what changes things
when you give just for the joy of giving.. giving is its own reward
but expectations changes all that.. your no longer giving, your being taken from

 

So... this is where I am in crisis. Should I still give to those that just take, I mean, cause, shouldnt they be loved too? Or should I expect something in return?

 

I help people out if I can, I know when I was little I always enjoyed helping the elderly on my block, even free of charge, Thats the type of person I was.

 

If they are good people then yes.