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Thanks for writing this. I consider myself as a fixer and builder but often wonder if this nature of mine has gotten me more trouble than otherwise. To fix or
by arocks 14y ago
Thanks for writing this. I consider myself as a fixer and builder but often wonder if this nature of mine has gotten me more trouble than otherwise.
To fix or build something for someone is so rewarding that you sometimes forget to do your own mundane but important stuff. Soon things accumulate and you deeply regret having been tinkering at things that doesn't really "matter".
But one way of looking at this is that atleast some of those people never forget me and are often happy to help me back in ways I could have never anticipated. Sometimes while helping others, I get to learn something really cool which becomes a bigger reward in itself.
After reading this, I feel that perhaps we are, after all social beings, probably instinctively acting this way. It gives true happiness to oneself and others. Perhaps that's what matters in the long run.
- JeremyMorgan 14y agoThey say the mechanic's car is the most neglected and that's often true. But if helping others is what makes you happy no reason to change it. And yes not everyone appreciates it, but many do and it's worthwhile.