Candles

I was reading something online when I came across a quote worth sharing.

 "A thousand candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of that candle will not be shortened."

How true is that!

I love helping people whenever I can. Even when they don't know that it's me. Always fun. There is this secret satisfaction that you get when you know you have made somebody smile, that you are the reason they are not upset anymore. You don't have to do great things or go out of the way to help. Small things matter too. It could be as simple as picking somebody's pen or just being there for your friend when they are down. It is having a supporting role in somebody else's movie and being okay with that.

  

But when I look around myself, I see a lot of people who think helping somebody is beneath them. Or it is 'not cool'. I find that very sad. It is not like you will die if you lent a hand or something. Sheesh!

But the counter argument to this could be the fact that if you extend your hand towards someone, they always try and grab your arm. Which again is very true.

Often, you are labelled as 'meddlesome' in the first scenario and 'too aloof' in the second one. There is such a thin line between this. Then there is this whole thing about not caring what people think. Sheesh.

I am pretty sure that when humans were being manufactured they were handed a specific code of conduct that they were supposed to follow. And mine got lost somewhere!

Do you ever feel like that or am I the only one?   

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