Ibo man(from south east Nigeria)engineer can't find a job so he opens a clinic
and puts a sign outside 'GET TREATMENT FOR $20 -
IF NOT CURED GET BACK $100
A lawyer thinks this is a great opportunity to earn $100
and goes to the clinic...
Lawyer: "I have lost my sense of taste"
Iboman: "Nurse, bring medicine from box no. 22 and
put 3 drops in patient's mouth"
Lawyer: "Ugh..this is kerosene"
Iboman: "Congrats, your sense of taste is restored.
Give me $20"
The annoyed lawyer goes back after a few days to
recover his money...
Lawyer: "I have lost my memory. I cannot remember
anything" Iboman: "Nurse, bring medicine from box no. 22 and
put 3 drops in his mouth"
Lawyer (annoyed): "This is kerosene. You gave this to
me last time for restoring my taste"
Iboman: "Congrats. You got your memory back. Give
me $20"
The fuming lawyer pays him, and then comes back a
week later determined to get back $100.
Lawyer: "My eyesight has become very weak"
Iboman: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that, so
take this $100"
Lawyer (staring at the note): "But this is $20, not
$100"
Iboman: "Congrats, your eyesight is restored. Give me
$20".....
Having the desire to help others is the calling that brings many into the “helping professions.” For others, it is the day to day service that we do for our families, children and others we work for/or/with. There is a fine line however when helping is not really helping, but rather a barrier that leads to stagnation or worse yet, fosters an unhealthy dependence. Indicators of when helping is NOT helping: 1. When the help we provide is not accepted by others The term I’ve used for years is when helping leads to “help rejecting complainers.” When our helping leads others to excuse themselves of embracing the help, then rejecting it, or avoiding it. This is not a judgment of our help or our intent, but of others’ readiness to change. They may simply not see the same way as you do. They may not value the same things. 2. When the help leads others to make the same poor decisions Any change effort has to be embraced as well as given. It is hard to un...
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