Helping others is like helping yourself, Really ?

i agree we learn when we help others and that is what we should do. Help others because it is the right thing to do.

That is true and i so agree with that . When one asks for help you do't have to give him outright what he needs next time around . You have to teach him how he can have them , in his own way .

Yes, you are right that we are helping others, in a way we are helping ourselves. When we help others, we hope that they might return the favor, when we are in need, although it does not happen all the time. When we help others, we get to learn something, we get a kind of experience, we feel pride that we are in a position to help others, this gives us a kind of satisfaction which keeps us going. Do you help others?

Helping others makes you feel good, and you can a blessing from doing so, as much as they gain a blessing from being helped. I will help others whenever the need arises. I never expect anything in return for helping either.

@ashuli I agree with this quote . We are here to help others , this is actually our duty .. By our money or deeds we should help others ..

I do agree with your statement to a certain extent. I entered palliative care nursing to help others, not myself but, yes, it is good for the heart to know you are making peoples lives easier. It is probably good karma too. While we don't help for reward, it is nice to think that karma will smile on us and provide someone to help us if we need it.

I agree, but I don't feel that anyone appreciates that about me ... I help people more than they're willing to wait & find out, but it takes me a little longer (because I'm a retarded-by-injury perfectionist).

Helping someone is like blessing that person as how God has blessed me. It is not that it is helping me but it is what we ought to do.

@ashuli This quote is good, but as far as i know this won't be the same in every case. Helping is a good thing through which we may learn something new or a lesson for future.We shouldn't expect anything in return after helping.

It surely applies to myLot, it's a community where we encourage each other.

Helping others, doing good deeds, makes you feel good inside.

Man is the highest temple of God, by serving man you are serving Him/Her. Try to remove selfishness and expectation from the gift of help you are providing the needy and you shall discover the joy of giving. The joy is in not knowing in what manner you touched the needy ( you may have been the only one to come along his way and help him in a long time! ), but at the same time knowing that the person in question is thankful to you for the same. That's how you help yourself! By serving God and serving yourself a reason to smile

I feel good when I help others, a good deed always feels good

Yes, because you always feel good about yourself when you help other.