We have all had times in our lives where we have lent a helping hand to friends, neighbours or even total strangers. It could be as simple as helping someone carry their groceries while they wrangle their kids, helping them move, mow their lawn, build a deck or even lend them some money.

Helping someone out is always an easy decision when they are also working with you by continuing to help themselves. I don’t mean in a quid pro quo situation as that is never a reason to help someone in the first place. However what I mean is when someone asks for help but they for what ever reason have also been unable or unwilling to help themselves then that is just a bad idea.

By continuing to help someone who will not for whatever reason help themselves … Read more