Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week131: Dealing With An Ingrate

An ingratebehave. is a person who receives kindness, help, or generosity from others but fails to appreciate the person or show gratitude. Such a person often doesn't regard the efforts made for them or on their behalf and may at times behave as if they are entitled to the help they received or it is their right. In some situations or cases, an ingrate may go further by responding with disrespect or even bad feelings toward the person who helped them. Due to the bad attitude regarding what they have done for them, it can make the giver feel as if what is done or what was done was bad and hurtful.

‎I remember helping and supporting a friend in my 100-level class at the university financially and most times academically during her difficult time, only for my former friend to later ignore things I did out of love, deny ever supporting her, and backstab me so badly. Things said weren't true at all; she did it out of jealousy and envy, and at that point I regretted everything I did for the girl.

Experiences like that were disappointing and discouraging, especially when the help I offered was done out of love, given willingly withouforced, and done forced, genuinely without bad intentions.

Honestly speaking, it is important to set harmless boundaries. Being a good person or being a kind person does not mean allowing others to take advantage of you. Learn to help people wisely, paying attention to their character and how they behave. It's not important to expect gratitude in return for every good thing you did. While appreciation is good and meaningful, doing good should not always depend on receiving recognition. Those experiences teach being strong emotionally and self-respect, helping people understand their value or worth and avoid being hurt repeatedly.

‎Despite the fact that I have encountered ingrates, I believe it is still important to be kind to others. Kindness should not be ignored or abandoned because of a few negative experiences. However, it should be practiced with wisdom and caution. Helping others should come from a genuine heart, but it is also necessary to be mindful of who we invest our time and energy in.

‎I will conclude by saying that while dealing with an ingrate can be painful, it should not stop one from being kind, instead, it should encourage a more thoughtful and good approach to helping others.

I invite @bossj23 @peacemike @blessedlife to participate in this contest.