تويت
Do good, live well
Witten by : Rayya Al-Khayari
Gillian Anderson once said ‘’Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvest more than being of service to someone in need’’. The concept of helping and caring about other people in any aspect of their lives is simply ‘Human Instinct’ and following this instinct is what deviate us from those with cold hearts and souls. Volunteer work varies in its degree. Whether you volunteered with thousands of rials or simply helped a person carrying a heavy box, what really matters is that you served someone in need and showed them that you actually care.
Giving a hand to someone in need can change lives. You have no idea how much influence you will make on a person just by helping them on their struggles. Many people go to different places abroad to help those who suffer from poverty and have literally nothing. Toms brand for shoes followed the concept of ‘’One for One’’, which means that it will give one pair of new shoes to someone in need for every single sale on their collection of shoes. As it sounds a very simple thing to give a pair of shoes, it means the world to someone with barefoot and has nothing to cover his/her cold feet.
If we took the subject from the other side, from the one who is receiving the help, not everyone accept what they are given. The idea of someone volunteering and giving you money is not always welcomed. Many people don’t like to be pitied on them and the moment a person helps them with money they feel week and ashamed. After all, we all need help at some point in our lives as life doesn’t always smile in our faces.
There is a huge difference between volunteer to help others and doing the work for them. In the business area, you don’t do the work for your beers, but you help them and give them the way to do it. Simon Sinek, a famous author said about helping co-workers ‘’A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible’’. To give a hand, it’s not a translation to ‘let me do the work for you and you take all the credits’. Spread your knowledge to others around you and let them do things in their own way, that’s what helps actually means.
Many entrepreneurs who start their business from scratch needs a push to succeed and go on with their work. There are people who volunteer to help small businesses to grow and expect something in return when that business or project start getting profit. This introduces the two types of people who participate in the volunteer work, those who volunteer with no expectation of getting benefit and those who follow the ‘Help me Help you’ concept. In the first type, people volunteer because of their kindness and by following their hearts that tells them to do the right thing, but the second type everyone gets a benefit and win something in return. No type is better or worse than the other as there is no comparison, each type concerns with different cases in different areas of life. In the business field, almost everyone who helps you are not doing it for free as all they deal with is money and the ‘Win or Lose’ strategy, while in the daily life raising issues within the society, people volunteer for the purpose of helping others in need and wanting the good for people.
No one likes to be alone and no one should live alone. Being there for others and following our hearts and right minds is who we are as human beings and it’s what deviate us from other creatures in the world. Modesty, respect and goodness are the key features to every person who wants to volunteer. Don’t volunteer to enhance your image in your society or to get people’s attention, volunteer because you truly want to help and make a good impression on people’s lives. Do good, live well.
Gillian Anderson once said ‘’Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvest more than being of service to someone in need’’. The concept of helping and caring about other people in any aspect of their lives is simply ‘Human Instinct’ and following this instinct is what deviate us from those with cold hearts and souls. Volunteer work varies in its degree. Whether you volunteered with thousands of rials or simply helped a person carrying a heavy box, what really matters is that you served someone in need and showed them that you actually care.
Giving a hand to someone in need can change lives. You have no idea how much influence you will make on a person just by helping them on their struggles. Many people go to different places abroad to help those who suffer from poverty and have literally nothing. Toms brand for shoes followed the concept of ‘’One for One’’, which means that it will give one pair of new shoes to someone in need for every single sale on their collection of shoes. As it sounds a very simple thing to give a pair of shoes, it means the world to someone with barefoot and has nothing to cover his/her cold feet.
If we took the subject from the other side, from the one who is receiving the help, not everyone accept what they are given. The idea of someone volunteering and giving you money is not always welcomed. Many people don’t like to be pitied on them and the moment a person helps them with money they feel week and ashamed. After all, we all need help at some point in our lives as life doesn’t always smile in our faces.
There is a huge difference between volunteer to help others and doing the work for them. In the business area, you don’t do the work for your beers, but you help them and give them the way to do it. Simon Sinek, a famous author said about helping co-workers ‘’A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible’’. To give a hand, it’s not a translation to ‘let me do the work for you and you take all the credits’. Spread your knowledge to others around you and let them do things in their own way, that’s what helps actually means.
Many entrepreneurs who start their business from scratch needs a push to succeed and go on with their work. There are people who volunteer to help small businesses to grow and expect something in return when that business or project start getting profit. This introduces the two types of people who participate in the volunteer work, those who volunteer with no expectation of getting benefit and those who follow the ‘Help me Help you’ concept. In the first type, people volunteer because of their kindness and by following their hearts that tells them to do the right thing, but the second type everyone gets a benefit and win something in return. No type is better or worse than the other as there is no comparison, each type concerns with different cases in different areas of life. In the business field, almost everyone who helps you are not doing it for free as all they deal with is money and the ‘Win or Lose’ strategy, while in the daily life raising issues within the society, people volunteer for the purpose of helping others in need and wanting the good for people.
No one likes to be alone and no one should live alone. Being there for others and following our hearts and right minds is who we are as human beings and it’s what deviate us from other creatures in the world. Modesty, respect and goodness are the key features to every person who wants to volunteer. Don’t volunteer to enhance your image in your society or to get people’s attention, volunteer because you truly want to help and make a good impression on people’s lives. Do good, live well.