You are laying on the beach, and you see someone flopping and sinking in the waters. You go swimming out to help them, and the waters are slowly pulling you under as you try to help. As you reach out to grab them, they hit you and knock you unconscious. Now you both drown, and all you wanted to do was help.
So is the same with life. Know the help you can provide, by looking at your own strengths and weaknesses. If as you are attempting to help, you notice the person you are trying to help doesn't want your help, or doesn't notice you are trying to help them, it is OK to save yourself. Never allow someone else to pull you into their struggles so much that you both need help. Never give so much of yourself that you feel you overwhelmed and exhausted. It is just as helpful, if not more, to help them find the right help.
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