The Consequences of "Helping" Becoming "Fixing"

(February 7, 1999)

Remember certain events are not ours to alter. We make the most of them and move on.

We can only be examples, not controllers of other people's lives, other people's children, other people's circumstances.

Some would have us believe we contribute to harsh events by doing nothing. But some of the best work, the deepest caring and doing is not evident in the beginning.

Help of any kind must be wanted before it can do any good. Too much help where it's not wanted can make even a good person helpless.

We have to be wise in our giving, and more wise in what we withhold, because it may be what we withhold that helps the most.

Peace,
Tawanka