FAVOR? HMNNNN.....

Q: A person asks you a favor to do something and then you do it. You asked the same person a favor for your sake but, he did not do it. Is the person right in not complementing to the help given by you or not?

           I will not say it is right or wrong; it can either be right or wrong depending on the many reasons which give rise to such an act. First, it is right because maybe he doesn’t want to do the favor that you have asked from him. Maybe he cannot do such a thing because he has other schedule to attend or maybe he doesn’t like you. Moreover, maybe he is just jealous of something that you have, and then it triggers him not to do your favor.

         

      Second, it is wrong because you have to repay him in order to show thankfulness to him. It is an act of gratitude that you helped him, and you repay him by helping him in his needs. To paying back something is also an initiative to give him back a favor. It displeases me when somebody did not help him back when he needs help.

Well, my realization is a person cannot tell him that he will repay him back because he doesn’t own him. A person has its own way of repaying it and we cannot judge people if it is their decision not to return the favor. Maybe his personal background may affect the way he does. Such as when he was a child he/she always help by somebody, and he does not used to return the favor. When he/she reach adulthood he still doing it the way he does. But remember not all people don’t want a return for the favor given. There are also people who want to pay them back as they help you.

You, as a reader of this article, may have something to say about it, maybe you have experiences of some sort that you could share in this article; just write it in the comment box.

 I did not write this article because I am right but because I experienced this and it bothers me sometimes.