Help
By: Sidhartha Priyadarshi B13053, Sec A
Introduction
“No one has ever become poor by giving” – Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank A very apt quote from Anne Frank. Helping others is a noble act. There is good and bad inside everyone. We are filled of various emotions – both good and bad. But if we focus on the good emotions and behaviour, it is going to add a lot of positivity in our life. Let us first look at what emotion is. Emotion is a subjective, conscious experience that is characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions and mental states. In simple words, emotion is a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity. I have chosen to talk about help because it is a topic close to everyone’s heart. We all experience help on a day to day basis. Either we receive help or we offer help. It is also a very positive emotion and thus, spreading positivity will spread goodwill. I’ll first discuss some generalities about help. About how servicing people is good for all. I will talk about how we extend help at various levels: to our neighbours, relatives, acquaintances, friends, family, etc. Even governments support help to people. Also one country extends help to the other in their bad times. Next, I’ll talk about how helping should not be limited only to human beings, but should also extend to animals and to the environment. After these general discussions, I will share my personal experiences from my childhood, school life, college life (both in Pune and in Pilani), my job life (both in USA and in Chennai) and my short stint in XLRI till now. I will share how I learnt the value of helping others from my parents and teachers and how I inculcated it in me for the rest of my life. I’ll talk about the different people who helped me immensely at different points of time and how I helped other people individually or as part of a group or part of