Contest | 25-Word-Comment - Monkey Business | Aid - 6 Steem

el-nailul (77) · 4 months ago (edited)

Not long ago, I went to Lhokseumawe with some "tools" in my backpack, I wanted to meet a person and ask back something that belonged to me. Before I went there, I stopped in the coffee shop to meet a close friend and handed over my account and anything related to my financial transactions, which was weird to him. Finally, I explained a little bit about the situation and he said; stay here, don't go anywhere, you need to relax and feel yourselves and decide if that is what you really want.

I sat there for about an hour, listening to his boring lecture. But finally, I realized that was not what I wanted to do. I calmed down and I said; it is time to make something else.

The only advice he gave me was about why I need to think clearly before taking action. But I do realize that that was a BIG help for me, and Aid that I needed that time.

I organized two Aid supports on this platform, and my friends realized what I was doing and helped me a lot. I know when I need help I should talk to my friends openly, not because they will help me out with "materialistic" only, but perhaps they will support me in another way. It is what I call aids.

I invite @aneukpineung78 and @firyfaiz to participate in this comment as well

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aneukpineung78 (72) · 4 months ago (edited)

Thank You!

Thank you. You have been one of my very good friends which is not many that I can call friend. You do not comment much and do not respond much to my comment even when I tagged you but its okay because I know you have a lot going on, as so have I lately, with works and all that. This is important to mention because we understand the crucial nature of engagement on Steemit, and the life reality we have to be facing.

Talking about aid, I couldn't thank you enough for all you have given me with your friendship all these years even thou we have never seen face to face. You see, every time I face problem with Steemit, you have been among the very first of few people I talk to.

Thank you, my dear friend. And happy Independence Day.

^Source.

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el-nailul (77) · 4 months ago

Selamat hari kemerdekaan yang belum merdeka bang, terimakasih sudah manganggap saya sebagai salah satu teman yang ada untukmu (sebenarnya jarang ada juga ya) wkwkwk

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aneukpineung78 (72) · 4 months ago

Ada ungkapan Arab berbunyi,

فاقد الشيء لا يعطيه

Yang artinya "Yang tidak memiliki sesuatu, tak akan bisa memberikannya". Saya menterjemahkan lebih jauh dalam kalimat saya dengan "Orang tidak mungkin memberikan apa yang mereka tidak punya". Yang lebih jauh, menjadi sesuatu yang filosofis di dalam sikap penerima, bahwa sekecil apapun pemberian orang harus disyukuri.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago (edited)

I can't help but as you mentioned the "boring lecture" I had to laugh but your friend is right. It's good to take the room to think (is the coffee office not too noisy to do so? No beach where you can sit alone and think? Or stretch out on the floor and do nothing for a change.)

I believe I told this story before but if not in short... I took my children to school and met a lady and she asked me: How are you doing? I said: Not too well... (I always say the truth and if people walk away that's fine I don't see any point in saying "great" if that's not the case. If you ask you should be able to deal with the answer).

It was on the streets, perhaps on a bridge but she listened. It's rare these days because "How do you do" is these days not different from "hi and goodbye" no one likes to hear what you have to say (I admit it's the same with one of my besties she backs off and I hear from her 6 weeks later or so). Well, this lady did and we chatted and while we did I thought: Who is she?
I had no clue and till today I haven't asked her name (perhaps I forgot?) . I thought she might be the mom of one of the children in my daughter's classes but later it turned out they didn't know who she was either. I spoke with her nearly daily for several weeks and next she disappeared (or I did) but it was good. Not all meetings are meant to stay friends forever. Some are the help we need for a moment to get back on our feet.

I hope you will always have people around you not pushing you into a corner but giving you time to think about what it is that you want for yourself.
Also important is to learn how to delegate. There's no need to take all the misery of the world on your shoulders. I also learned that many problems we face solve themselves and are not worth the sleepless nights, not to mention all those hours of calculating and scheduling. The word NO can be used.

Thanks for sharing and don't forget to relax

P.s. giving is easier than receiving, keep in mind that you can also hurt someone, friends if you always reject their help.

el-nailul (77) · 4 months ago (edited)

It was indeed a boring lecture because I had to hear that over and over again. But the thing is I could not sit alone on the beach at that critical point since my mind would go even wilder

just like your experience, I had some unknown friends and we never asked each other names and finally separated by time, some of them can be met at another time and place some no

I hope you will always have people around you not pushing you into a corner but giving you time to think about what it is that you want for yourself.

I hope you have them as well, I know you get familiar with them along the way, and that is good too.

I know I need a friend who I can talk to, and asking help from. I will not reject the "helping hand" from real close friends and family, and I will ask when I need it.

P.s. giving is easier than receiving, keep in mind that you can also hurt someone, friends if you always reject their help.

I will keep this in mind, thank you very much Kitty

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

I have people around me but I trust my children more than the friends but if I do not count my children I don't trust my old family at all. It's a good thing we'll never met and most of them died and you are around.

Take good care of yourself that's all that counts.
🤗🍀♥️

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#betterlife #comment #aid

jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago (edited)

First of all I would like to say thanks to @wakeupkitty for inviting me to participate ☺️.

A child is sick . The mother said he is not cured after giving medicine .The medicines are not only his aid . She is worried about her child. Sometimes a sick person doesn't need only medicine. Who says Medicine is only aid.
Affection love care attention are the aid of the person who is being ignored . Someone told her that The child was being ignored by the society. There are no friends of this child so he is just stressed due to that reason .

So by this we can understand what the aid means . We can help someone by giving our precious time by being a good listener.Most of people didn't know what the problem of stressed person . Their problem is solved not by medicines their aid is affection and attention.

Inviting @blessedlife @watii @uzma4882 to share their thoughts about aid .

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wakeupkitty (76) · 4 months ago

The pots of pills are indeed easily given even by doctors asked and paid to listen which is already bad enough imagine pouring your heart out while the doctor has set a timer, is doodling and gets paid to sit with you in one room.
I agree we can't cure every disease and most precious and dear to our hearts are those times we feel acknowledged, appreciated and loved, three aspects needed to keep the mind and soul sane and healthy but are quickly forgotten after the birth of a desired child and the older the individual the higher the chance to be called the trash of the community. Why give aid to someone who had a youth and a good life?

jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago (edited)

Talking about those young youth who are still suffering from tension anxiety depression. Pills are important at the spot but mental peace comes from the caring person
Is all Young people living a happy and good life? The answer is no . Talking about those who has grown to the young age but still has the empty spot of affection in their life

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wakeupkitty (76) · 4 months ago

How about the adults and elderly who never had a youth, a great life? Don't they count? If not why the present youth they will get older soon enough!

There's a contest about the greatness of childhood and no one says: Mine sucked or sucks. How realistic is that with generations growing up in warzones, being abused, neglected, raised by gangs, violent parents always being misunderstood and locked up with pills and more pills to keep the adiction alive?

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

You are absolutely right . The people the Muslims are suffering not even young but also child . Their childhood is destroyed by the ruthless people. Good and bad can't be same . We can't say bad doesn't exists😔 . And that's the sad truth .

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

What if we need the bad to recognize the good or be able to feel good? If only good exists we might take it for granted or stop recognizing how special it is.

There are 2 great articles in the freewriters (see @el-nailul) I believe it fit well with what we are talking about right now.
It's true that many suffer due to the act of others but we also suffer because of what we do to ourselves. We can ignore, live in an easier way, and stop the unnecessary thinking but we don't.

Now I think about it.. would poetry and music still exist or writing if we lack these emotions and feelings?

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Yes this is absolutely right . Life is just like cart . Two wheels needed it to drive . Let say one is that some destroy us other is that we allow them to destroy us . The fact is that there are some people whose own family didn't support them we cannot ignore them . We cannot leave them . We destroyed our little part by spending with them . That's pitty . We can't say emotions doesn't effect us . It affects us destructively .
Yes you can say that some people whose are outsiders you can say the world we allow them to break us . That's our fault. We allow them to point out our weak points.

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el-nailul (77) · 4 months ago

We absolutely need to learn from the bad to recognize the good ones, especially in the grey world, it is difficult to distinguish between bad and good unless we learn more and more by looking deeply into it.

Thank you for taking consideration of my posts to be worth reading posts, because what I wrote was what popped up my head at the time.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Attention is very important and lack attention has made alot of youngsters go astray, most kids who are wayward are children of adults who are too busy with their work, they work from 6am and come back to the house by 11pm when the children are already fast asleep and they do the same thing the next day thereby making the children feel lonely.

We always pray to always get attention especially at young age because when we don't get much attention during our childhood days we become heartless and somehow depressed as we grow.

jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Your words are the fact that can't deny . This happens mostly due to which child go astray .

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steemcurator08 (54) · 4 months ago

^{Hi there, your comment is interesting to read, keep up your engagement, you are awesome!}

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Thanks for appreciation 🤗

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watii (64) · 4 months ago

Terimakasih telah mengundang saya di kontes yang bagus ini

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Your welcome 🤗

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imadear (66) · 4 months ago

Sure when people are down and we won’t to visit them, our time and our presence there means a lot and so doing we render support to the person (just in a different way)

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Exactly 💯

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blessedlife (74) · 4 months ago

I absolutely agree, there is no medicine like caring and affection.

Thank you for the invitation.

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jiya99 (63) · 4 months ago

Your welcome 🤗

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bahrol (69) · 4 months ago

Setiap orang itu saling membantu dan membutuhkan, baik itu orang kaya maupun orang miskin, serta orang kuat maupun orang lemah. Seandainya dinegeri ini orangnya semua kaya semuanya kuat, siapa yang akan membantu dan di bantu.

Saat ini saya baru saja kembali ke sekolah saya sendiri, setelah membantu sekolah tetangga yaitu SMK Humaniora yang membutuhkan bantuan saya untuk memperbaiki server ANBK yang error. Server mereka error harus segera di perbaiki agar siswa bisa mengikuti ujian ANBK. Saya tadi berangkat kesana setelah di telpon oleh Kepala Sekolah mereka.

Walaupun hanya bantuan kecil yang saya berikan akan tetapi sangat bermanfaat bagi mereka dan siswa-siswinya dalam menyukseskan ANBK ini. Semoga ujian ini dapat berlangsung dengan aman sampai dengan selesai tanpa ada kendala lagi.

Undang @rissi @watii @bang.dien

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Anda memberikan contoh bantuan yang baik, tetapi saya juga ingin menambahkan bahwa apa yang bagi Anda merupakan masalah kecil bisa menjadi masalah besar bagi orang lain. Jika Anda tidak bersekolah di sekolah tetangga, itu akan menjadi masalah besar.

Dengan contoh Anda, Anda juga menjelaskan bahwa penting untuk terlibat sehingga kita tahu siapa yang dapat kita tanyai jika kita tidak dapat memecahkan masalah sendiri. Karena Anda dapat membantu, ini akan menciptakan ikatan yang dapat datang dengan sendirinya.

Dengan Anda, saya berharap ujian berjalan dengan baik dan mereka akan mengembalikan demam jika diperlukan.

Apakah keluarga kita baik-baik saja?

bahrol (69) · 4 months ago

Sama halnya seperti pagi ini, sebelum saya masuk kesekolah saya sendiri, terlebih dahulu saya singgah ketempat mereka untuk melihat kondisi di pagi ini sebagai antisivasi bila ada kendala lagi, saya mencoba membantu untuk menghidupkan server. Karena mereka semua orang yang baru mendapatkan tugas seperti ini.

semoga saja ujiannya akan berjalan sampai selesai, Aamiin.

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rissi (64) · 4 months ago

Terimakasih sudah mengajak saya pada kontes kali ini Pak. Semoga Bapak beruntung.

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bahrol (69) · 4 months ago

Aamiin, semoga saja, terimakasih buk atas kunjungannya.

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rissi (64) · 4 months ago

Sama-sama Pak

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steemcurator08 (54) · 4 months ago

^{Hi there, your comment is interesting to read, keep up your engagement, you are awesome!}

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jiva34 (64) · 4 months ago (edited)

Task. Something unpleasant. Something that "has to be done." A chore. I'm not very good at performing tasks. The laundry is clean but unfolded and lying all over the bed in the spare room. It has been like that for weeks. I mean why bother to fold things when you can just pull them out of a pile as needed.
The woodwork around the door in the hallway needs to be painted. It's all ready but it's a task and has been put on hold for six months now. It doesn't look "that" bad with wood filler like little polka dots everywhere. Kind of interesting looking. Just not good at tasks.
An invitation to submit something for this contest... @luciannagy

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago (edited)

I can do tasks but I lack time and these things I think: it can wait plus it is warm and I have other priorities. I do the laundry to or tell my son to do it since most of him is his anyway.
I did the wooden roofs two summers ago, hanging around and climbing over it. I can't tell the difference today and it was expensive. Now i think: is it worth the money again?
Same for the house, I repaired the walls, sort of, and had to try out different materials what I used now is still stuck to the wall but it has to be finished and next to be painted pffff
Paint is expensive, the quality is bad and I had the intention to paint a dragon covering one of the buildings, it was even drawn on it by my daughter but by now the rain and snow removed it plus the wolves make the wolves muddy... what can I say? If I close my eyes I don't see it and at least I save myself time, energy, and money... next to that those cores are neverending.

I saw I forgot to change the English word which should be "aid". Do you need help with the house chores? I could use some but I was also thinking about all the aid giving on Steemit. Is it worth it and what happens to those Steemians who received it?

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jiva34 (64) · 4 months ago (edited)

Wow. You're unstoppable. Is there any mountain you can't climb?

I just think I've just become too old for "tasks". But then again, just getting up out of bed in the morning is now somewhat of a task. Thankfully my life is arranged in such a way as to minimize tasks.

A fairly good list of synonyms for task: assignment, chore, duty, job, and stint. They can imply a course of action imposed by someone else. I just don't do well being told what to do.

It's funny as a small child my mother would be cooking and ask me to get a can of something or other from the pantry in the cellar. Inevitably, by the time I got to the pantry I had forgotten what it was she had asked for. I think it was the tone of her voice. Ordering me. I couldn't complete the task. I wasn't asked... I was ordered. Subconsciously I had put a block and couldn't hear.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

My feet are bad, not made for walking so the answer is yes.

We have an idiom:
If Mohammed doesn't go to the mountain the mountain will come to him!

Thanks for the synonyms.

My mother had a nasty habit of always repeating the same... after she did several times she said: Repeat what I said. At first I could 'dresm it' but her voice...
So as soon as she opened her mouth my ears closed. I could never tell word by word what she said.

Another dutch idiom: oost-indisch-doof (East Indonesian deaf) meaning: you are deaf if it fits you.

@irawandedy you use "dutch deaf" by any chance? You should also leave your comment if it comes to aid.

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jiva34 (64) · 4 months ago

Wow. So you know what I am talking about. Ears closed as soon as she spoke. lol

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Yes, it sounds very familiar to me.

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xiao-aine (65) · 4 months ago

I help others daily or I should say at night. I think most are satisfied and also happy with the slightest bit of attention also a friendly word can do miracles.

It's a good thing if help is given but it should be someone's free choice. Big or small everyong is close to bankruptcy.

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#betterlife #comment #aid

elcebe (62) · 4 months ago

Donations given to orphanages are also an echo of the assistance that has been provided for their living needs. Of course they really need funds or other things that can be used. His habit, The aid funds are provided by the government or local residents who are willing and able to provide assistance to them.

my invitation > @murezac, @suryanitj, @rumaisha

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

With us, all funds have to be registered. If they have a certain label they have benefits (not paying taxes for example). The government also gives to all those big aid-funds (paid from the high taxes) meaining if you like it or not you already pay. The worst is that those high amounts of aid are rarely used for what it is meant for. It's a waste of tax money.

I don't believe we still have orphanages. We have homes, homes, foster parents, and so on taking care and they are paid by the government (good reason to try to get many so you don't need to work) .

This afternoon I read that in a Southern province of the Netherlands, 8 billion euros is spent on child protection and those children still have ... So the question is: Where did that money go? Child trafficking? Parties for the top? For some days or week they will talk about it and next no one will ask again only a few parents will keep asking what happened to their children since with us children are taken away from you if you misbehave, the neighbor makes an anonymous call because he can't stand you or your cat.. A better aid would be if there's room to have a talk, listen, and who knows there's a solution for whatever is bothering.

Thanks for sharing and commenting.

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elcebe (62) · 4 months ago

Hihi, I'm confused about what to reply... 😁

However, in the country where I live there are still orphanages or foster homes for orphans. Even in my country, many facilities have been built to study Islamic religion, or more often called Islamic boarding schools. And there are some areas where Islamic boarding schools have just been established, of course they need large amounts of aid, starting from land to building halls and prayer rooms. Therefore, they actually submitted to the government by making a proposal to get aid funds from the government.

I also don't know where the money 8 billion euros went, it's not a small amount. behind that there is likely to be a hidden crime. So where would take that amount if it wasn't embezzled?..
We don't know what really happened behind the scenes, because we don't heard directly from their mouths where the money was taken. What is clear is that we can only pray for the best, hopefully there is no crime behind it.

Sorry if there are any mistakes in my talk.

Thank you so much @wakeupkitty.pal, you have made me think.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

I understand what you mean. There are no mistakes if we try to form words to describe thoughts.

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elcebe (62) · 4 months ago

Thank you for your understanding.

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esvisionaria (61) · 4 months ago

Es posible ayudar a alguien sin ayudarlo. ¿Cómo es esto? Muchas veces, algunas personas tienen la mala costumbre de quedarse a esperar por la ayuda que les puedan brindar los demás, ya sea con la comida, ayuda para reparar lo que se ha dañado o con la limpieza. Me parece bien dar de vez en cuando la mano a quien lo necesite realmente, pero es más importante trazar límites. Recordarles que también se pueden ayudar a sí mismos. Dice un refrán que si a un hombre se le da un pescado, se le alimenta por un día; pero si se le enseña a pescar, se le alimenta de por vida. No es por ser cruel o mezquino, es muy necesario recordar lo capaces que somos de ayudarnos y salir adelante. Muchas gracias por la invitación. Un abrazo.

wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Estoy de acuerdo contigo, no hay nada cruel en eso. Las habilidades son lo que necesitas para sobrevivir y si sigues alimentando o dando dinero, ¿cuál será el resultado si ya no puedes (sé lo que te pasa si te niegas) o si mueres (también sé lo que pasará ya que si siempre mimas a alguien o incluso durante generaciones, su única habilidad es mendigar porque nunca le enseñaste a trabajar)?
Además de los abusadores que mendigan porque genera grandes ingresos, también hay personas sin hogar y muchas otras personas que podrían necesitar ayuda. Mi experiencia es que los que más necesitan ayuda nunca la piden. Eso es lo que escucho también en este foro. También me resulta un poco duro que aquellos que siempre están dispuestos a ayudar a los demás también sean con frecuencia los olvidados. Incluso si lo escriben aquí y todos pueden leer cómo se sienten, y lo que sucedió allí no hay una sola persona que pregunte: ¿cómo te sientes? ¿Hay algo que pueda hacer por ti? ¿Cómo puede ser eso? Sabes que di mi dirección de correo electrónico y mi número de teléfono varias veces en caso de necesidad y en todos estos años solo se han usado unas pocas veces e incluso entonces una charla fue todo lo que se necesitó para dar la energía para continuar. Al final, no importa lo que sea, tenemos que encontrar una manera de lidiar con la carga solos. @el-nailul escribió dos buenos artículos sobre el sufrimiento o sobre cómo nos gusta sufrir (ver ifreewriters), tal vez te guste leerlos. Gracias por compartir tus sabias palabras.

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esvisionaria (61) · 4 months ago

Tus palabras estan llenas de la verdad. Los que realmente necesitan ayuda, no la pediran, solo como ultimo recurso. Me alegra saber que puedo encontrar ayuda en la comunidad de steemit, honestamente espero no necesitarla. Hace poco vi la publicacion de una compañera, uno de sus hijos fue diagnosticado con cancer si no me equivoco, pude ver como muchos reaccionaron y le ayudaron, eso me alegro mucho. Tambien pasa, como comento un compañero, muy cierto lo que el dice, cuando ayudas a alguien y se aprovechan de ti. Este es un tema muy interesante. Es facil ayudar cuando se trata de alimentos o medicinas. PEro aplica tambien el ayudar cuando se necesitan, por ejemplo mejores herramientas de trabajo. Existen varios limites. Supongo que al final todo depende de uno mismo. Un saludo.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

AID

I was learning a skill known as Barbing in the year 2023 and at some point I was developing tension in barbing some men, my boss noticed this immediately and always advised and motivated me never to be scared, he said I need to believe in myself and I need to learn faster so that my self-confidence can be high.

Sometimes some men will want to have a nice hair cut and my boss will direct them to me, telling them am an experienced barber and I will barb them well.

I will still be scared but I won't show it out, I was always composing myself, I will begin to barb the men and my boss will look at me and signal me to be very careful. Most times I end doing well and the men derive joy to the extent to pay double, for the service I rendered to them.

This really helped me alot, my boss was always making sure that I barb people's hair everyday even though I don't really look like a barber since am wearing eyeglass. Here in Nigeria, barbers don't have eye problem.

I invite @m-fdo, @imadear and @udyliciouz

imadear (66) · 4 months ago

This sounded exactly like my boss
And this really helped us in our learning cause without doing it yourself you won’t be able to know. You need to have your own experience and also learn from where you did wrong and improve on it.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Yh, learning isn't easy at all as we have different patterns of learning. Thanks for stopping by.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

That is very true, you have to do it to know how it feels and it shouldn't be a problem if we make mistakes since we all have to learn. Good to hear you had a helpful employer as well.

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imadear (66) · 4 months ago

Yeah
My boss was the best and good at his work
Always making sure we achieve what we came for. Encouraging us to do better and also correct ourselves when done.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

I can't imagine there are no barbers with eye problems but i can tell you I saw barbers and hairdressers do awful jobs including cutting ears and burnings in the face because of the products they use. Turns ous that although many go it is one of the biggest factors. It must be because once hair or face is messed up you can't change it (for the time being).

It sounds to me like your employer saw your talent and didn't forget to encourage you from the sideline. I must say that is what I rarely see. My hat off to your employer and have self-confidence!

Thanks for joining and helping me!

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

You will hardly see young guys in Nigeria that wears eyeglass, making a decision of learning a barbing skill because alot of Nigerians will underestimate them.

I summoned courage to learn the skill even if I wear eyeglass as a result of eye defects, many customers refused to allow me to barb their hair and I felt bad sometimes but my employer kept on encouraging me.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Trust me soon enough over 70 percent of the population will wear glasses if not more. I rather have someone with glasses than bad eyesight. I know plenty with very bad eyesight, not wearing glasses and driving around, highway 120 km/hrs, and walking around like "blind horses". It's dangerous but also true is that many can no longer afford to buy it. The only plus with us is that you no longer have to visit an eye specialist first (not from a certain age on) which is very expensive. Important is that you can see and how great it is thatexistsxist.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Yeah you are right, eyeglasses are now expensive, I always pay the bills sometimes each time my mum and I go to see my eye doctor and each time we go there the bills increases. Here in Nigeria things increases every week and this is bad.

There are people who managed themselves without buying glasses and I pray God keeps on giving them the grace to survive and also bless them so that they can have money to buy glasses.

I have seen barbers in YouTube who wear glasses but not in African country, the barber is from either USA or Canada but he's black.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Be happy you have them and you are good in what you do and people can still afford to pay for it. More and more can't with us and the shops are closing and nothing comes in return. We all do it at home or let it be. It is the same for many things: baker, plumber, housekeeping, laundry, we do it ourselves but we still run out of money.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Anyway I just hope things get better for human beings, the world isn't easy at all.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

The topic of this week is: AID...
so far no one joined and I wonder why. Aid can be everything: a housekeeper, driver, gardener, some hero rescuing you from drowning, first aid (kit or kid), helping out if the account is hacked or the aid given to Steemians.

I like to talk about the last case: Aid asked by Steemiand for different reasons. I noticed that the same person can be helped by different "aid-funds" (communities) and I wonder who decides to help that only person or perhaps those two? And what about all the others but also... In how many cases does the one who received Steem give an update to all those who gave a hand? There's no need to give a weekly update but it feels as if some receivers suddenly disappear. Am I mistaken or?

I like to know how @ameh123 is doing.

He received aid for his brother but after he received it and told his brother was still sick he never mentioned his brother again (this was 3 months ago). After 2 weeks he disappeared again just like he was before he asked for help. Of course, it can be all a coincidence but wouldn't it be nice to hear if the brother is doing well? If the aid arrived at the destination?

@el-nailul @worldsmile @weisser-rabe @shield-it @mikitaly and also @sbamsoneu @grebmot @jiya99 what is your opinion about AID?

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grebmot (62) · 4 months ago (edited)

Being a good person is wonderful but you're also setting yourself up to be taken advantage of. On the other hand, cynicism doesn't seem like the solution either. I figure there needs to be some kind of balance. When you're being too nice the world is going to eat you up, when you're being a misanthrope you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. That said, a bit of common courtesy goes a long way, but who knows. Maybe you should give people the benefit of the doubt, but you're not Jesus (I think) so you shouldn't be expected to sacrifice yourself. Even Jesus was aware that people are full of shit, but he did his thing anyway. He even forgave the people who nailed him to the cross, because they didn't know any better. Is just how it goes and why he was Jesus and not just... Bob or something.

lol didn't mean lapse into a christian sermon, but there you go. Sunday morning and all. I'm definitely full of it myself, but the above is just what I think anyway.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Sunday morning, it's Monday evening by now.. I did think about Sunday and the Sunday preach that was once hosted on this platform. I believe one of the freewrite prompts is preaching...

It is hard to find the balance between giving and denying but I think those who easily give also have a problem saying no which is a problem and with that, you do attract abusive people, parasites so to say which makes one believe all people are the same (and we love the dogs above all).

Jesus was like John and if you ask me John just like Bob sacrificed a lot. Many stand on the barricades to speak out and many do not even know they take the fall or have to take the fall (being backstabbed).

What if it's not about aid, being helpful, or humanity but about setting boundaries, being allowed to say NO, and "survival of the fittest"?
If you ask me human species isn't very strong and all skills to survive are beaten out of us, so if someone tries, scams we call it bad but is it?

We should prepare for the Sunday speech or the Friday

The benefit of the doubt.. makes a great theme... I hope I remember it.

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grebmot (62) · 4 months ago (edited)

I agree with you. It is hard to find a balance and I totally understand how one's inability to say no seems like an invitation to be abused, but saying no also comes with its own risks. Not necessarily because of some weird la la land notion of illusionary obligation, or because you're supposed to deny yourself, but because of a seemingly accumulative kind of psychological blowback. You know, like feeding that hateful little creature in the back in your head. The one that grows and grows until it eventually takes over. Then one day you catch yourself grinding over some long distant past bullshit and realize you're just some old fart doing the dishes. Life is too short for that, I'd say.

The challenge of saying no, or in terms of survival, is finding a way to fight back without losing yourself in the hate. Ironically enough I figure the same goes for the scammers, because they too think they're justified into doing whatever they're doing. Everbody does. We all think we're the good guys, more or less. So I guess maybe they are also just lashing out against an unfair world. And it is. Life is brutal and still, I'm living a pretty good life in comparison. So even if I end up saying no I'm not sure if I hold it up against them, because we're all just victims of our circumstances and I guess their despiration for quick buck is indicative of their situation being worse than mine (in one way or the other).

Either way, I reckon you already know when to give and when to take. It's just your head that's in the way, or your heart maybe. Like you feel like you should give a person something, then you make siginificant contribution and instead of feeling warm and fuzzy there's just... nothing. Seems a bit like that love-hate dichotomy where one might end up being the basis for the other. So maybe it's less about balance but temperance. I guess in my case it helps how I'm kind of a deadbeat myself, so even if you wanted to scam me I don't have much to begin with. Can't give what I don't have.

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ameh123 (58) · 4 months ago

Sir, I really appreciate the support that you Steemians gave to my brother, and after the support, I made posts about him of how he was doing and how he was using the money, sir I have been active online all this while I didn't disappeared, but since I have made a lot of post about him and frequent report, I feel that my update about him was becoming too much that was why I stopped posting about him. My brother is still there continuing the dialysis because the conditions has not finished.
Am sorry for not giving update again all this while. Thanks so much for all your help towards my brother God bless you all.
@wakeupkitty.pal @el-nailul @worldsmile @weisser-rabe @shield-it @milkitaly.

wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

It is good to hear you all are doimg well considering the circumstances.

I like to ask you this: Should we ask how you and your brother are doing after some time or do you say rather not?

🍀♥️

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ameh123 (58) · 4 months ago (edited)

Myself and my brother are doing fine, but he is still continuing the dialysis since there is no money for the transplant yet, though the conditions is really stressing him the more presently is just that he is managing. I spoke with him today, because I am right now at work. Am going back home by Thursday to meet him during be my off day.
Thank you very much for your concern, care and contributions all this while, may God bless you.... The conditions has really made him to hate life but I always talk to him to Believe in God.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

It is hard to accept you can no longer do what you like to do. I wonder if there's a hobby or something else that can distract him and bring some joy. I know for my friend it is to live on her own again instead of in a home for the elderly (nowhere else was room). She had one good day per week and needed help but we could arrange it in some way. She liked reading so I took piles of books for her from the library, things like that.
It must be possible for your brother to do something since many deal with the same he does.
I wish you all the best. I will ask in some time again if it's okay with you

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ameh123 (58) · 4 months ago

Ok sir, thanks so much I really appreciate.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

@goodybest @bahrol @ibesso @saintkelvin17 what is your opinion about aid? Have you been scolded by beggars like my childten? It's one of those reasons we no longer give.

Another is the Fact it never arrives + I don't like to sponsor child trafficking and sexparties for.. Oxfam Novid (Haiti 2010/2011) one of the many.

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Is a nice initiative that will give steemians the opportunity to say their mind more often.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

It is if they (dare) to do so. It's also a nice way to engage, meet and greet, and show your face. Did you already make a standup-act?

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saintkelvin17 (75) · 4 months ago

Yes learning barbing really exposed me to alot of things, I also became street wise as well, because barbers in Nigeria these days are mostly young guys and most of these guys are quite rough.

Did you already make a standup-act?

😂😂

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bahrol (69) · 4 months ago

Saya akan selalu mencoba mengikuti apa yang bisa, walaupun kadang-kadang yang saya ikuti itu kurang paham. namun saya akan mencoba untuk terus belajar dan memahami dimana kurangnya. Saya akan membuat sesuatu penulisan sambil belajar dan memahmi kekurangan dan kejanggalan penulisan saya sendiri.

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bahrol (69) · 4 months ago

akan saya ikuti kontes ini.. akan segera saya eksekusikannya

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ibesso (65) · 4 months ago

Aid is a complex issue, and problems like corruption or mismanagement can affect trust in organizations. It’s important for these organizations to clearly document how they use donated funds, publishing how much they collect and how much they actually invest in humanitarian aid. This would make it easier to access transparent information. Perhaps supporting local communities or projects you are familiar with could be a better solution.

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wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

Those organizations do document but if the big G top is involved no one cares.
Mother Theresa is a good example as well.

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https://x.com/wakeup_kitty/status/1823587798781137376

wakeupkitty.pal (71) · 4 months ago

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imadear (66) · 4 months ago (edited)

Aid been used for medical field is also an act of rendering a helping hand, supporting someone and also relieving someone from stress.
As a steemians you can aid someone or follow steemians through delegation (of steem power) and also can aid our parents by helping them out with domestic works.
I invite @blessedbee and @jovita30 to participate

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