Helping as an Escape

Sister Calderon: I don’t know but..whenever we happen to meet you’re always helping people and smiling.

Arthur: You’re too smart for me sister..I guess I..I’m afraid.

Sister Calderon: There is nothing to be afraid of mister Morgan. Take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act. Perhaps you could help somebody, helping makes you really happy.

one of the instant remedies to low moments is by helping people, this is my only remedy if low moments stem from things I can’t address at the moment, an insecurity or a wrong belief that I would need to heal from after a while, for me to pick myself up I look for people who are potentially having much worst days which they need help with, this way I can deliberately ignore my problems and shift my mind to think about some’s else problem.

The why behind this tactic/remedy is to escape the loop your mind can create, thinking about your own problem, that you yourself know for sure the problem is not going to be solved at this very moment, where you have drawn yourself into your thoughts. This way, I can allow myself to breathe and call it a day.

Mr anonymous: She is a real bright little thing, she talks a mile a minute, always something interesting to say

Mr anonymous 2: So you barely have to say a word, must be heaven

I loved my sister Kanno for this very reason, and subsequently, my niece GMGM. Kanno is very talkative, she can barely stop talking, and me? I’m economical with my words, she disturbs my peace when thinking, with her loud existence and so as her voice, but in recent years that I realized she was serving me, by allowing me to focus on her problems and stories, and just listen to her yapping and eventually detaching myself from my problems.

This is not the only motive I have for helping people.