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Originally Posted by Mr.Kenny
Can you give in secret? Where the recipient has no idea where the gift or help came from? Just Purely unselfish giving?
When it actually costs you something, not just giving leftovers, hand-me-downs and there will be no personal gain or recognition?
Just because helping and giving is the right thing to do?
What kind of gain is there in shoveling snow or mowing a lawn for an elderly or infirm person?.... Lots of people do this kind of kindness. Not for gain, but because it is just the right thing to do. 
Its obvious not all of us think the same way about motives, & how to treat our fellow brothers & sisters. |
OK. If I am helping the lady up the street shovel snow because she is hot and I hope she will be "nice" to me, it is as selfish as if you are doing it because you get a nice warm feeling of doing it. The reason is you are doing it because you are getting something back. In a hooker, you are getting a laid feeling you cannot get with your hand and in the case of the elderly person, you are getting a good feeling that you are helping someone who needs it. Either way, you are getting a return for your investment of work. Therefore there is no true alturism as the word goes.