10-04-2006, 03:17 AM
I never expected those kind of responses. It pisses me off to no end, but I will not show it in this post, for risk of it being deleted.
To clarify, what we do is for the poor and old, as in, old poor people. Not old people, then some poor guy who is too lazy to get a job.
And its almost always the same story with the people we help. So far, on the 6 houses i've worked at, it has been an 85-101 year old black woman.
In one case, the 101, her daughter also lived with her. And she was around 80 or so.
In all of these cases, these people needed help. And they got it from people who care.
Spending a couple of weeks a year helping these people, and seeing the looks in their eyes when we come to see them, not only to fix their homes, but also to just spend time with them, does make me feel good.
Ghost is correct about the "feel good" part. I feel damn good knowing that we could make some old woman's ending years better. I feel damn good showing her that the youth of today aren't a bunch of heartless thugs, lazy, or just plain uncareing.
Of all the people I have met on any of the work cites, not one of them were helping for their own personal gain. It was all just pure care for the people.
I don't help to make myself feel good, that is just a side effect.
Helping some bum on the street find a job is also a great thing. It just isn't my way of bettering the world.
Oh and just to point out the obvious, a group of teens/young adults can't set up a contract to fix up a hospital. When a hospital needs repairs, it is taken care of by the government.(or at least should be)
What you said is similar to ripin on someone who donates 10 bucks to a charity, just because it seems like a drop in the bucket when compared to $100 or $10000 donations.
We only help those who truely can't help themselves. That doesn't enforce the status of the poor and the old, and it doesn't make them realize through these events that they are obselete. The fact is, all of the people we helped, were abandoned by their families(except for the 101) and are physically and financially unable to help themselves. The only feelings they get from it, is the feeling of relief, and the feeling of compassion.
Helping these people is my $10 donation to the betterment of the world, and don't think you can ever tell me that I am spending my money wrong.
To clarify, what we do is for the poor and old, as in, old poor people. Not old people, then some poor guy who is too lazy to get a job.
And its almost always the same story with the people we help. So far, on the 6 houses i've worked at, it has been an 85-101 year old black woman.
In one case, the 101, her daughter also lived with her. And she was around 80 or so.
In all of these cases, these people needed help. And they got it from people who care.
Spending a couple of weeks a year helping these people, and seeing the looks in their eyes when we come to see them, not only to fix their homes, but also to just spend time with them, does make me feel good.
Ghost is correct about the "feel good" part. I feel damn good knowing that we could make some old woman's ending years better. I feel damn good showing her that the youth of today aren't a bunch of heartless thugs, lazy, or just plain uncareing.
Of all the people I have met on any of the work cites, not one of them were helping for their own personal gain. It was all just pure care for the people.
I don't help to make myself feel good, that is just a side effect.
Helping some bum on the street find a job is also a great thing. It just isn't my way of bettering the world.
Oh and just to point out the obvious, a group of teens/young adults can't set up a contract to fix up a hospital. When a hospital needs repairs, it is taken care of by the government.(or at least should be)
What you said is similar to ripin on someone who donates 10 bucks to a charity, just because it seems like a drop in the bucket when compared to $100 or $10000 donations.
We only help those who truely can't help themselves. That doesn't enforce the status of the poor and the old, and it doesn't make them realize through these events that they are obselete. The fact is, all of the people we helped, were abandoned by their families(except for the 101) and are physically and financially unable to help themselves. The only feelings they get from it, is the feeling of relief, and the feeling of compassion.
Helping these people is my $10 donation to the betterment of the world, and don't think you can ever tell me that I am spending my money wrong.
