Show i It It Doesn't t Pay Pay- Pay Pay- Doing Favors for Others With Thought of Return Disappoints 1 PHE HE older I grow the more Iam I I am nm appalled by tho the ingrati ingrati- ingratitude ingratitude tude the complete lack of a sense of obligation on the part of our tallow fellow human beings With me th the people who come first are always those to whom I have any ony obligation whatsoever Anything that is done dono for me is constantly on my mind and I am amon amon amon on the lookout to repay But look about you and you will observe the most inconceivable indifference once ence on the part of ot most other other- otherwIse otherwise otherwise wise decent people to what they owe to others Indeed the code I seems to be to cultivate those i from whom some advantage may mayI maybe maybe I be forthcoming and neglect those to whom we wo are aro indebted The I 1 he heI I answer to It all aU is to put yourself out for nobody it Jt doesn't pay The above lament was received by an international writer of note who answers as follows It must have been an unusually unfortunate chain of experiences that gave this woman such an un- un unhappy un unhappy happy slant on human nature But Dut certain it is that favors done with I thought of return are bound to bring disappointment In this busy hectic world people are I likely to be rather casual about give and take That does not notI necessarily mean that they are I unappreciative They are just not punctilious Frequently a kind kindness ness noss makes make its mark but time passes before occasion presents itself to show appreciation or to reciprocate After all aU if we ye think enough of people to put ourselves out for them as our reader says there must be a certain amount of faith If It we wo do things for others only because wo we want to do them and find a n certain satisfaction in it we have nothing to lose But the expected reward is something like the watched very pot pot very disappoint disappoint- disappointing disappointing ing In fact it doesn't pay C Bell BeU Syndicate |