Useful help

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Are you helping just for the sake?

Or

Are you genuinely lending a hand? If yes,

Are you ensuring whether the help is in a usable form and not a show off type?

Are you ensuring whether the help offered by you was useful to the recipients?

Otherwise why do we need need to help them, just to make them obliged?

Can’t do anything if the help is just a show off type. But there are cases when we oversee it. Even if we didn’t have any secret agenda behind the helping hands, we miss to shape it in a better form. Or rather we don’t ensure the quality of the help given. If we could think or imagine ourselves to be in that recipients’ position, the help will definitely be a useful one.

100 responses to “Useful help”

  1. parijat shukla Avatar
    parijat shukla

    Yes many times people help with a view to get it back with interest and even this is not done wholeheartedly.

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      True..and we need to be aware on this when the ball is in our court

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  2. Akinspired 2.0 :P  – pins & ashes Avatar

    […] somebody whom “the world around her” thinks I fight with on a daily basis, wrote a post yesterday on help😀 I agree with her post completely, but I have a problem of a different order. To me, the word […]

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  3. Bikramjit Avatar
    Bikramjit

    I do need help.. is anyone willing I promose I won’t ask all these questions asked in the post…😀😀😀

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      ha ha..

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  4. chembaneer Avatar

    ”സഹായിക്കാൻ മനസ്സുള്ളവർ ചുരുക്കം….
    ചിലർ മനസ്സുണ്ടെങ്കിലും നേരമില്ലാത്തവർ
    അതിനിടയിൽ ഉദ്ദേശശുദ്ധിയെ ചോദ്യം
    ചെയ്തിട്ടെന്തുകാര്യം….”

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      hmm…

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  5. shilpamohan5 Avatar

    True…sahacharyangal manasilakki avanam oro sahayavum cheyyendath..allenkil ath negative ayi theernnennum varam 😉

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      true shilpa..sometimes it turns out to be even negative..

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      1. shilpamohan5 Avatar

        So the better thing is to think and then help…lle 😉

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          think better if it is normal action.. but for reflex action, we cant do anything.. let it come as it is..

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          1. shilpamohan5 Avatar

            Mmm.. 🙂

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  6. shonessa Avatar

    I can totally relate this. I’ve a classmate who help teachers just for the sake of helping. She helps us only if ensured that the teacher is looking at her. Anyway, it was a great post to read! 💫

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks shonessa..glad with your words.. we are facing similar instances every day.. situations only differ.and such little incidents are actually the best teachers..

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      1. shonessa Avatar

        Yes. That’s true!

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  7. myheartbeats4ublog Avatar

    hahaha.. is everything conditional/ with some ulterior motive! selflessness, unconditional – are these meaningless terms?? Anyway, interesting post..

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      Thanks hari

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      1. myheartbeats4ublog Avatar

        Pleasure, my notional friend (but tell me, are ghosts suspicious by nature??)

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          Athentha ipo anginoru chodyam….now your doubt is clear, no?

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          1. myheartbeats4ublog Avatar

            slowly getting clear….it takes time, you know!!!

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    2. pins & ashes Avatar

      Exactly my point ya. Hari thanks for saying such.

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      1. Akhila Avatar

        i believe in those selflessness, unconditional thing etc etc..it still exists in this world…and at the same time we have to accept the other side of the story also..

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        1. pins & ashes Avatar

          oh there will be always other sides.. but I’d like to think of people as good.. let’s put it that way

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          1. Akhila Avatar

            hmm.. why should we stress ourselves,na ..?

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            1. pins & ashes Avatar

              exactly, why should we.. ! stop thinking only! just be and do matter solved.

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              1. Akhila Avatar

                and you know, when we happen to understand someone playing that drama, we ourselves get enlightened..Enlightened on the way we need to be… a better way that we didn’t think/know before..

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                1. pins & ashes Avatar

                  Yes! And then not have then in our lives ever.

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  8. my valiant soul Avatar
    my valiant soul

    Such a realistic one!

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      Thanks a lot. Really appreciates your comment

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  9. Varsh Avatar

    Where did my comment go?

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    1. pins & ashes Avatar

      she blocked you! haw! Varsh let’s do a dharna.. we want justice 😀 😛 😛

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      1. Varsh Avatar

        😂😂😂😂😂

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        1. pins & ashes Avatar

          😂😎😂😎😂😎😂😎😂😎😂😎

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      2. Varsh Avatar

        It appeared somewhere else 😬😉😂

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        1. pins & ashes Avatar

          I liked it a while ago! ..

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          1. Varsh Avatar

            😜😜😜

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    2. Akhila Avatar

      i just had a cup of tea.. did that comment come in front of my tea cup..then…;)

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      1. Varsh Avatar

        You should know that…since you didn’t offer me a cup 😈😂

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          ha ha.. better luck next time..

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          1. Varsh Avatar

            No…now you have tea sitting with my comment. 😂😂

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  10. pins & ashes Avatar

    I think it become “help” — helping and returning help when one thinks of it as “help” in the first place. Why think that way, think of it as passing information, or co-living (if there is a word like that) if somebody asks me for something, and I have the information or the means, well I pass it on (or let’s pass it on) and forget about it… when it becomes obligatory, then it no longer become help. it become a power relation.

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    1. pins & ashes Avatar

      I agree to whatever you say, some/most people have ulterior motives. We need to think of the recipient’s position as well, true very. Haven’t you met anybody who helps and forgets, like a stranger on the road, at least .. I think helping another is a human instinct, let’s keep it that way (borrowing somebody’s fav line :D)

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      1. vicky Avatar
        vicky

        ash I guess Akhila is talking about those who pretend to help, especially the religious ones. they think their prayers help.. when the truth is it doesn’t but still those people believe it does, makes them feel good about themselves. On the other hand when the person who prays needs help he doesn’t accept the prayers wants something more than just prayers expects help like real help .

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        1. pins & ashes Avatar

          Ah! That way eh.. Mm so these so callwd religious retreats especially has something about it. People who go to their for a miracle are asked to pray for somebody else so that, that social act of theirs praying for somebody else will get them some benefit for their cause! It is funny .. But ya, lot of people pretend to help, and mostly don’t help at all, it is all hollow words ..

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          1. pins & ashes Avatar

            But I still feel the word help is the biggest disadvantage! It has got this temporary and I-will-be-with-you-only -when-I’m-free ring to it. So term “useful help” to me sounds an oxymoron, therefore.

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          2. vicky Avatar
            vicky

            so let’s do it .. you pray that I should get expensive cars and I will pray for you for the same let’s wait for a miracle

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            1. pins & ashes Avatar

              Haha… I don’t want cars.. I want a that ride to all places on earth so you pray that..

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            2. pins & ashes Avatar

              OK autocorrect be nice now. Vicks U know the vehicle I’m talking about don’t you.. Autocorrect will make it that again .. Replace the second t of that with an R..

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              1. vicky Avatar
                vicky

                thar ride ? you mean a camel ?

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                1. pins & ashes Avatar

                  Ya the animal bingo.. 😂

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                  1. vicky Avatar
                    vicky

                    baby elephant on a camel . let me know when you do that so I can click a pic and become world famous

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                    1. pins & ashes Avatar

                      I thought you, akhila and I were doing that trip together.. 😀 😛

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    2. Akhila Avatar

      hmm.. ash.. it is okay to pass on the information we have..and why not passing it in a better form..just think about sending something through whatsapp..why cant you take a better image and share it instead of a poor quality one..? that’s all.. as simple as it is..
      and definitely, as you said, we may not be thinking much on our actions especially when it is a sort of the reflex action ..and then let it pass on..

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      1. pins & ashes Avatar

        Eh? WhatsApp ..

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      2. pins & ashes Avatar

        But technically pics sent on WhatsApp have lower quality, just saying … 😎 I get ur point ya.. But why stress so much for an answer like yes or no will solve the problem alle… I mean unnecessary drama creation alle ..

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          questions are not to judge someone else.. just a way of introspecting oneself..just to make ourselves better and not to evaluate someone else. take it in that way..

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          1. pins & ashes Avatar

            agree!

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  11. preeti Avatar

    Great article akhila.we always want something in exchange if we do something for others.,I think this attitude is not good.it our behavior to help someone without explanation we just have to do service

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      True it is preeti..but a rare quality nowadays…and my point is digging the quality of help…never do it just for a sake

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      1. preeti Avatar

        Keep writing akhila I always love your thoughts

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          hey…I am excited..

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  12. Nisthur Anadi Avatar
    Nisthur Anadi

    Is it not serving the world in competenc we have is enough help ?

    Are not we help the self by helping others to gain a credit and pamper our ego ?

    If we feel

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      helping the self is of course a good thought.. yes, we need to satisfy our ego also..and it should not be hurting some one else

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      1. Nisthur Anadi Avatar
        Nisthur Anadi

        Yeah very true indeed !😊

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  13. Jackie Jain Avatar

    Yes, very true. Some people help others to show off or just to justify their relation. They do not do it for a useful cause. If everyone helps others when needed without any other hidden motive, how great our world would have been.

    Have a beautiful day, Akhila. 🙂

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks jackie.may be then the world would have been calm and peaceful.. similar days through out..wont it be boring..?oh , yes.. that’s why god injected selfishness to this beautiful world..

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      1. Jackie Jain Avatar

        Yes. May be. Everyone will be a helpful person in a helping world. So for a change, who knows we are all under a test of who stays the same helpful person even in a selfish world. 😉

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          yeah..who knows we are the pieces in a simulated game..

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          1. Jackie Jain Avatar

            Haha. . yes. . who knows may be.

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  14. theonlysup Avatar

    true. rather than focusing on what’s convenient and easy for you, focus on what’s the value added to the service you provide to the user , be it a product, a service , or a help like you said to the other person.

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks Sup..you are absolutely right.. be it a product, a service or a help, we need to be aware of the value addition..if no value addition, why do we need to help someone, just for the sake..

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  15. ssunshine14 Avatar

    hahaha good one Akhila 🙂

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks Dhwani

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      1. ssunshine14 Avatar

        🙂 🙂 🙂
        Welcome Akhila

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  16. Shalini Sharrma Avatar

    Seriously, few people help just for the sake of helping and then expect same from the person, they helped until they realize that ‘tit for tat’ is so true a law. Good post !

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks Shalini..there are people who just try to place themselves in that ‘good men’ list…and rarely they are bothered about their genuineness.

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      1. Shalini Sharrma Avatar

        true that, just for the sake being helpful.

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        1. Akhila Avatar

          and shal.. you see, there is a another version to this.. i.e. didnt have any intend of doing it just for the sake.. but we did it, being in our comfort zone or didnt bother to ensure the value add offered..we did it for them, but didnt understand the poor quality offered..

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          1. pins & ashes Avatar

            OK got that. But how do you rate it as poor quality?

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          2. Shalini Sharrma Avatar

            Right ! We call this in Hindi ‘ lapor katae’.

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      2. pins & ashes Avatar

        What about women and kids 😁😂

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    2. Varsh Avatar

      Genuine help can be a matter of perception. What I feel as useful might not be the same for someone else or even the recipient. That doesn’t make me selfish or bad.
      What I feel is that the feeling behind the help, if honest, must be appreciated.

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      1. Akhila Avatar

        you see.. the word perception is already blocked in this world.. 😉
        and now reading your comment.. “feeling” behind the genuine help must be appreciated as I added in the picture…and at the same time, why do I need to share an information to someone without any clarity/readability, even for myself..? That’s my point..help should not be just for the sake and moreover it needs to have that value addition. otherwise, i may be satisfied personally at the very first moment of offering help, but wont meet the intended purpose.

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        1. Varsh Avatar

          Oh…today’s social media people shout it from rooftops if they do anything for their own family! Humility where art thou!? 😁
          See…help should be honest expression of loving people, or nothing at all. If you have to feel good about yourelf, get a facial instead. Don’t live under the illusion that you made a difference in anyone’s life.

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          1. Akhila Avatar

            Definitely help is not any conditional stuffs..it happens as it is..Again, it need not be a reflex action always to be least bothered on the value addition…

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          2. pins & ashes Avatar

            Facial haha! I was thinking haircut and a hair massage 😂😎

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            1. Varsh Avatar

              Once there…we can get everything done. 😉😂

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              1. pins & ashes Avatar

                Haha foot massage that fish kinds..those are so ticklish ..

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                1. Varsh Avatar

                  You tried them? I haven’t yet. I heard they tickle a lot. 😂

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                  1. pins & ashes Avatar

                    Yes! They tickle a lot.. ! I thought it was like some fetish! 😇

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                    1. Varsh Avatar

                      Whatsapping u…my reply not good for audience 😈😂

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                    2. pins & ashes Avatar

                      Ayyyoyyo! 😂😂

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        2. pins & ashes Avatar

          On a personal note, I ask help only to those I feel extremely comfortable with and whom I know will have the information I need and are willing to share. Otherwise there is always Google 😎

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          1. Akhila Avatar

            ash…. there are people who create such dramas of help even if we didn’t demand.. I donno how it’s advantageous for them..
            and now just do a self analysis…if we fall into that category.. that’s all..

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            1. pins & ashes Avatar

              I know.. I was just playing the devil .. 😀 😀 but if possible, I don’t ask anybody’s help.. is a thumb rule I live by..

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              1. Akhila Avatar

                hmm.. that’s the bet way..

                Invulnerable


                it’s a slightly different perspective..but still the same

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                1. pins & ashes Avatar

                  I have the same things to say.. even now.. as I said in those comments..

                  I

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      2. Shalini Sharrma Avatar

        I agree.. still if that help is like this as in the pic above, i mean it’s okay then not to even help honestly .

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  17. Vivek Vatsal1 Avatar

    Good one!!👍

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    1. Akhila Avatar

      thanks vivek..

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