"Every cloud has a silver lining." That's an inspirational saying. "It'll all be better in the morning," that's another inspirational comment, and how about; "it's always darkest before the dawn?" These comments have been used for ages, usually to try and cheer people up when they are feeling down. Do they really work? I doubt it, sorry to say. If a person is really depressed, these comments only have a fleeting glimpse of hope, that things will get better. All of us want to be happy, but the pressures of life can be overwhelming at times, and the fun is sucked right out of it. So what can we do?
I'm not a qualified therapist, nor would I want to be one (except for the salary part of it) but I think any one of us can help others, even if we haven't been, so called "trained" in that field. I really believe that people natually want to help each other. Perhaps it goes back many thousands of years, when we had to survive in groups (I didn't want to use the word "packs") and protect ourselves from wild animals, that could tear us apart if we were caught off guard, and alone. We are instinctively drawn to help each other out, although nowadays people have become wary of helping others out and for ligitimate reasons. One being that we can get sued or even hurt if we do the wrong thing. An example of each would be when offering to help out an injured person who has been hurt in an accident. An unethical person along with a immorale and sharp witted lawyer could sue your pants off. Another example would be trying to break up an argument between a couple. I've heard stories of a well intentioned person getting severley beaten when the arguing couple turned their anger on the "meddling" intruder.
So naturally when we wish to help out anyone in distress, it is vitally important to be aware of the risks. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from helping others out, in fact I encourage it, however, you must remember that your welfare comes first. If everyone would help each other out, no matter how much they dislike the other person; the world could be changed overnight. Do you agree?
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