“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
Be Careful with Do-Goodism
“You’ve got to be careful with do-goodism, you know. The do-gooders do more harm than a little. If you’re not careful, the do-gooders will do you in. Any help that doesn’t help a person to help himself is criminal because you rob people of their sense of self-responsibility and their sense of self-sufficiency.” – Reverend Ike
Get Up and Do Something
Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health, and then answered questions from the audience. “What would you advise a person to do,” asked one man, “if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Most people expected him to reply, “Consult a psychiatrist.”
To their astonishment, he replied, “Lock up your house, go across the railway tracks, find someone in need and do something to help that person.” The Key – Don’t sit and pout. Get up and do something!