of course it is. what i'm saying is that's when you find out who’s selfish & who your real friends are. people who offer nothing more than pity do little to help you out of the slump. that "pity" needs to be followed up with action or else it's nothing more than an act of self-interest.
I've helped individuals struggling with the stresses of unemployment secure a job, even though i was nothing more than an entry level worker myself. i have also stood by & supported people who've come out of broken marriages/relationships until they found someone else. i didn't walk away & abandon them like they did me.
Complete strangers have given me more help than so-called friends & family, which is a quality I admire in the selfless. They're probably hoping the good deed will be rewarded someday, not realising that genuine altruism rarely is.
the trodden will rarely ask for help, directly. that's why people need to practice awareness rather than egocentricity.
