. Now I can't work because I have no money for gas or parts. Every opportunity I've had to help I have taken, I've been taking my brother to karate, helping out with bills, groceries, gas, you name it. I've helped random strangers and family alike out of the will to help...
maybe I just want someone to tell me to nut up and stop trying to help. I don't know, I just feel lost and really want to just stop.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 13559462 Ever fly on an airplane? When they brief you on using the oxygen masks, they tell you to put on your
own oxygen mask before assisting others with
their oxygen masks.
You must get yourself squared away so that you can support yourself and your immediate family before even thinking about helping total strangers.
Practice the word "No". Not in anger or malice, but simply as statement of fact.
Prioritise your life: Your own needs simply must come first, then family, then possibly -- sometime in the future -- strangers.
You cannot help others unless you yourself have the assets to spare. You must be able to take care of yourself and make a living before
anything else.
Neglecting your own ability to support yourself to "help" others is not the "right" thing to do. It is foolish.
