Every once in a while certain people that we've willingly taken the time out to help don't smile, say thanks or even make any real effort to acknowledge that we've tried to make a positive difference in the world as they know it. But that's okay; they do still feel it deep within where it matters most. They simply don't know how to show it. As such, try your level best not to get offended whenever this happens as they really are thankful for your help, they simply can't express their gratitude properly is all.
Oftentimes, they simply feel undeserving, unworthy or ashamed to ask for the help they so desperately need. When this happens, they more often than not start to give up hope, accept their lot in life as it is or, worse still; enter into some form of deep despair. Thankfully though, through people such as your good self reaching out to touch their lives in a positive and meaningful way - they are then able to turn their lives around for the better. So, you see, all in not lost. Your good intentions did indeed pay huge dividends, just no in the way most of us expect them to.
Anyhow, we should never offer a helping hand with the sole intention of winning praise; to feel less guilty about what we already have or, to feel better or more superior about ourselves in some small way. We should, however, ALWAYS offer it quite simply because it is the right thing to do. What better way to shine the light and love of the creator than in the places it has been shining a little less brightly of late!
Places in which depression, darkness and despair have taken root. By doing that we once again light the path for ALL to see! As such, no thanks ought to be required, no accolades needed and no praise should ever be necessary. Simply knowing that we're made a positive difference should be reward enough. True, it is indeed nice to be told thanks from people you help out from time to time and I'm not for one second suggesting that it isn't. But it should never be expected or demanded as a precondition to our offering a helping hand to those most in need.
As such, try not to wait until you are "formerly" asked for help. Instead, actively look around you with open arms and an open heart so that the light of love, compassion and healing flows from your being as a matter of course. In reality, some people simply don't know how to ask for, express or even accept the help they need, but that's precisely the people that need it most with absolutely "no thanks required". Go then and shine your light; and that of the creators where it can do the most good.
