Helping Others Can Be Tricky

When you talk about something that you tried but did not succeed, you love to say, "I did my best" and with this you believe you are amply justified. Now, if you really think about it, you should wonder if doing your best is really enough. Sometimes it seems that, although you honestly believe that you have said and done the right think, maybe it is not totally so. As the result is quite different (sometimes even the opposite) of what you expected or hoped for, a doubt might arise about the rightfulness of your action. How come? Difficult to say. The real problem is that we are all different. My motivations and needs are not the same as yours, and yours are different from mine. They might even be in contrast. Therefore you tend to "honestly" believe that what is good for you should be good for everybody else. But this is not the case. So... be careful when trying to do good to your fellow humans. You might end up harming them rather than helping them.