When helping others, there are two types of situations:
- Helping some get out of trouble (generally, this can be resolved by financial means, but not all the time);
- Helping some get better.
There’s a lot of focus on the first part and little on the second part.
If someone has lots of success in life but needs some money to do even better, it’s a natural tendency to try to drag them down. “Oh, but he/she will be better than I! That’s not cool!”.
Also, when helping someone poor, there’s always a little thought about the laziness involved. “Have they worked hard to get out of their situation? Should I help this lazy person? Wouldn’t it have been better had they suffered?”
