We should think carefully about WHEN and WHO and WHY we help someone.

A Helping Hand

Have you ever helped someone? If the answer is yes, how did you feel while helping that person? I bet you felt proud and good. Hopefully you thought deeply about helping that person. Today I want to tell you the thought process of when you’re helping someone. Read these carefully, because it will come into use in your lifetime.

 

 

 

Step 1 - When?

When do you think is an appropriate time to help someone? It’s probably when you are in a position with someone where it couldn’t hurt you or cause you harm. If it causes you harm, try your best to tell them who else they can ask for help. If they are a child, tell them to ask another trusted adult. Or, if the person asking for help is an adult and you are a child, tell them this : “I wish I could help, but I think an adult would be able to help you more than I can.” We must be mindful of the time that we can spend on other people and time that we can spend on ourselves, too. If we are too busy helping others to care about our own things I think that we should rather not help anyone instead. 

 

Step 2 - Why?

Why is it important that I help this person? Is the person in danger? We need to think about WHY the person needs help. They might just be calling for help for fun. Just like in the story, “The Boy who Cried Wolf”. Let me show you a short summary of the story as an example. 

Once, long ago, there was a mischievous boy who looked after some sheep near a village. The boy was often bored and so one day he decided to play a trick on the villagers. “You must not tell lies!” shouted the villagers angrily and they returned to the village. “You must not tell lies!” shouted the villagers. They hurried back down to the village. Soon, the boy grew bored again. He thought for a moment and shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” Once more, the villagers rushed up the hill to save the sheep. Later that day, a huge wolf really did come into the field. The boy cried and cried, “Wolf! Wolf!” This time, the villagers didn’t believe the boy. Therefore, no one came to help and the wolf gobbled up all the sheep.

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Just like this story, the boy cried for help when he did not need help. This could happen in real life, too. SO, we must think very carefully if the person needs our help or not.

 

Step 3 - Who?

Who is this person that I am helping right now? Am I sure this person is okay to help? We must be careful who we are helping! We might be helping an evil criminal mastermind that just robbed a bank and is asking you the fastest way out of town. (Not like that’s going to happen) Not to scare you, but the world is filled with good and bad people. Most of the time you can see good people everywhere. But still, there is a small chance that the people you are talking to at any moment are bad people. We must also be careful of what we say in front of all people. What if you were talking to someone and that person turned out to be a very bad person and you shared your phone number, Gmail or Email, and some other personal information? That would be very, very, bad. We must also realize that the world is full of different people.

 

Now, What are we waiting for?

Now that we have learned all of these amazingly easy and useful steps of the thinking process, let’s try to use them in real life! Next time you help someone, even if you know that it was a good thing to do, for practice, think about the three steps : When, Why and Who. If we think about this a lot in our everyday life, it will be very useful when it comes into action one day. It is important that we realize what is happening around us, and to think carefully about our decisions. We live in a world full of people, so why not learn some thinking tools to help you out?