Do we really need to pay back?

Have you ever been helped by someone or helped somebody in need? No matter what it is, how it happened, where, when, and why, the question is, does someone who was given help needs to pay back?

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Helping knows no age, gender, or bloodline-it's universal. We may barely make ends meet, but we can still help. It may not be financially but in some other ways. However, when we do it, we should not think of exchange because it is no longer considered help when we expect something in return.

It sounds cliche, but it's really better to give than to receive. Being able to help anybody makes us feel immense happiness we can't explain. You'll just smile all of a sudden, and this could even make your day. Most of the time, it impacts you, especially in a good way. You may be too busy with other things that you didn't even notice that you are already helping in one way or another, broadcasted or not, and sometimes people will just thank you out of the blue.

As a child, I have always believed that helping someone also means supporting the whole community because everything, I mean every little or enormous thing, is connected to one another. As somebody who benefited from someone else's genuine kindness, they weren't just doing it for me. I believe it impacts the whole community, and I just happened to be there in that particular way.

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Moreover, it's not a matter of question but instead feeling. People may be just too shy to ask and approach. But you can really feel it, especially when you're just in the same room. As they say, pay it forward, for we are nothing without humanity.

It's not required, though, to pay back since it's a matter of choice. Genuine people don't seek it. They did it because they wanted to. But it won't hurt that much if we help back others somehow. In fact, it is an exquisite feeling to see others also given support the same way we do when we are just starting up.

So to answer the question I asked from the beginning, there is no absolute response for that. But if you are capable of doing so, why not pay it forward?