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Help can be defined as to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to render assistance
There are seven reasons why helping others will make you live a better life
1)it makes you happy

1. it builds stronger social connection to friends and community
   3)you adapt better to stress and adversity by building resilience
   4)it's good for your career
   5)it's good for business
2. better health,it can make you live longer
3. it can help you find meaning in life

Introduction
Good evening my fellow steemians .hope you guys are cool? I want to personally thank steemit for this opportunity.
When I was growing up as a girl child . life wasn't a bird of roses,I didn't find myself in a platter of gold because they family I came from wasn't finding life funny.we struggle to put food on the table .

Our only hope was our first son who hustle everyday to put smile on our faces. he stood as a bread winner for us .he contributed in the growth of my family.

One day ,the inevitable happened .we received a phone call from his friends that he took ill .his friends helped him back home all the way from port Harcourt to Aba ,my parents and uncle took him to the hospital,after some days we lost him.oh death where is thou strength.

Life became so unbearable for us . we started eating from hand to mouth ,my family shattered ,our first daughter husband sent her packing for no just cause.our second daughter lost the job that she Was managing .you see we have increase numerically ,it was like every mean of survival has failed me .all hope was totally lost .

I stopped schooling ,all my mate was ahead of me ,I became a hawker overnight .I never stopped crying because there was no one to dry my tears.

As I was praying endlessly for God to change our story .he answered my prayer by blessing our first daughter financially and she took it upon her shoulder to enroll me into secondary school from jss 1 to jss3 ,our third daughter now took over in my education from ss1 to ss 3.

After secondary I worked as a teacher for 3 years in order to see myself through tertiary institution but my two sisters didn't relent as the gave me a shoulder to lean on when things became rocky .I can proudly call myself a graduate today because of the help which my two sisters rendered to me

Conclusion
Helping others is not only good for them and a good thing to do,it also makes us happier and healthier too.giving also connect us to others ,creating stronger communities and helping to build a happier society for everyone .and it's not all about money we can also give out time,ideas and energy.thanks for squeezing out time from ur busy schedule in order to read my long post .