When giving too much hurts

Some say generosity is always a virtue. I’m not so sure.

I grew up with a lot of lack. So when I got the chance, I gave. Gave a lot. Gave always. I just didn’t want anyone else to go through what I did.

That made me the ultimate ally the one who's always there, who helps, who never says no.

But here’s the flip side. When you give too much, you start going blind. You stop seeing who’s real and who’s just there to take.

And yeah… I’ve been naive sometimes. The one who gives even when it’s clearly a bad idea.

It’s not just kindness. It’s like a compulsion. I have to do something for others. Always.

Some people took advantage of that. But you know what? I'd still do it all over again. Because the good always outweighs the bad.

But you?

What do you really think?

Is generosity always right? Or can it sometimes be a trap that just looks like a virtue?

#giving #generosity #selfreflection #psychology

What was your answer?

You’re right, that stuff’s still out there and yeah, hope’s important.

But that’s why we’ve gotta stand up for it.

If we don’t, it could all just fade away.

Hope’s cool, but only if we do something with it. Thanks.

welp im momentarily out of sats in my zapping wallet

I trust Alain De Botton can grok any text he reads perhaps better than the authors themselves. It’s the processor, not the simulation.

🌱 Growth in Scarcity

When everything is missing, only one certainty remains: yourself.

It is precisely in moments of scarcity that the spark of true growth ignites.

When you have nothing, it's the perfect time to believe in yourself and bet everything on your own strength.

It's not the lack that stops you—it's the fear of discovering how powerful you can be.

#BelieveInYourself #PersonalGrowth #ScarcityAsStrength #Resilience

The Cost of Disconnection.

When you start closing yourself off, it's often because you're around someone who doesn't cooperate or support you.

WE NEED PRINCIPLES, OR EVERYTHING FALLS APART

Society isn’t falling apart because we mess up industrial policies or fail at marketing.

It’s falling apart because we’ve lost sight of principles.

Everywhere I look, people are trying to take without giving.

It’s all about me, me, me, me, me.

We live in a shitty society.

A society where each of us is alone.

Where nothing’s left: no education, no healthcare, no justice, no ethics.

What we need is generosity.

We need civic duty.

We need the courage to serve others.

We need honesty and integrity.

I’m probably the last person who should be saying this.

But someone has to say it:

either we change, or we’re done.

My conversation with a third grader sent to me after two teachers and going to see the assistant principal. Make sense?

#teach #almostsummer #asknostr

I can have a sense of bad from reading a story or watching a movie. I can simulate it.

This is arguing “no pain, no gain”?

In the matrix, why go through the pain of simulating suffering?

#asknostr

GN

Who did you get to clean it?

This is seasoned carbon steel, not non stick. Was worried a little bit about the Kim chi reacting to it, but it looks ok 😳

😄 is the fish happy?

Have one of the ocd kids clean it.

I also don't have it in front of a window. ;)