HELP
“Help” is not an ordinary word. It is extraordinary in the
sense that nothing is happening in the world without some sort of help.
Every action needs help. One hand needs the help of the other
hand to hold, grab, move, press, break, or make something.
Even for prayer you need to fold both the hands.
One leg needs the help of the other leg to stand or walk or
run or jump.
All the parts of the human body help each other. A physical
function is a multiple venture.
The fact is that none is self-dependent in every respect. We need somebody or something even to open the
door of our own home.
Literally speaking --- to help is to make it easier or possible
for someone to do something by offering one’s services or resources.
God wants everybody to be helpful.
Look at the following help quotes:
*We make a
living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
*Only a life
lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
* “I don’t
know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among
you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
I would like to say blessed is the
straw that helps a drowning man; blessed is the man or woman who asks at a
hospital or any public institution “May I help you”, and also blessed is the free
community kitchen that feeds the hungry irrespective of what their economic
status or religion is.
Some common synonyms of help are: service, assistance, support, aid, guidance, backing, cooperation, benefit and resource.
The English novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
(1803-73 ) said: When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better
than a pound of preaching.”
The Greek poet Homer (c.750 BCE---?)
said: “ Life is the task where many share the toil. “
Finally, what the English
poet-dramatist William Shakespeare (1564-1616) said: ‘Tis not enough to help
the feeble up, but to support him after. “
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G.R.Kanwal
21 November 2024
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