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“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.” (piefed.social)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Ripple down fixing?

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    • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    how is this a shower thought? and if it is why is it in quotes? and if it isnt and its actually a quote from someone else then where's the name of the person that should follow the quote?

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    • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'll be sure to let my father know he doesn't need his doctors' help for his cancer, he can just fix himself!

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    • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    While its definitely true that you need to take care of yourself before you can help others, this sounds like some Ayn Rand shit (advocating individualism over collectivism). The proletariat need to recognize the bourgeois are a shared enemy and that organization is necessary to defeat inequality.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    This is an excuse to never help anyone but yourself

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    This will be a generalization, so it doesn’t apply to all cases, but for the most part, you are far worse at helping others if you’re unable to help yourself. If you’re unable to show others as an example of the fruits of their labor of change, it will be far more difficult to lead them to helping themselves.

    The goal is not to hand people fish. It’s to teach them. If you just give someone your help without teaching them, they will only become reliant on that help.

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    - Rob Reiner

    - faizalr

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    DECEIVE YOURSELF

    DECEIVE THE WORLD

    EL. PSY. CONGROO.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I've been trying for some 10+ years now fixing myself. It made everything worse.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I'm starting with the man in the mirror
    I'm asking him to change his ways
    And no message could have been any clearer
    If you wanna make the world a better place
    Take a look at yourself and then make a change

    Michael Jackson

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Or, and hear me out- if you want to help people you can volunteer in your community which is understaffed and underfunded no matter where you are. (U.S and territories only, I’m sure that’s not the case in actual developed countries)

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