We have to make clear our boundaries. The entitlement mentality is growing since the onset of the self esteem teaching over the past 40 years.
We were raised to never ask others for things, it was impolite. We were raised that if we get something we ought to earn it. We were taught to share not merely giving what someone wants, but what is a real need.
Removing the incentive to work to earn our own way by indiscriminately giving while the recipient wastes the funds they have on foolish things, is dooming the recipient to a life of poverty.
We were raised to never ask others for things, it was impolite. We were raised that if we get something we ought to earn it. We were taught to share not merely giving what someone wants, but what is a real need.
Removing the incentive to work to earn our own way by indiscriminately giving while the recipient wastes the funds they have on foolish things, is dooming the recipient to a life of poverty.
Proverbs 10:4 "Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich."
If you want to truly love someone, give them the opportunity to earn what they need, two things will happen, they will have dignity and they will not need our resources.
An old saying; "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
2 Thessalonians 3:10 "For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either."
If you want to truly love someone, give them the opportunity to earn what they need, two things will happen, they will have dignity and they will not need our resources.
An old saying; "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
2 Thessalonians 3:10 "For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either."
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