A question about etiquette ...What to expect for a day of helping people?

I will say that anybody that knows me knows that I volunteer for a lot of things in my life. I go in with the expectation that I will do whatever it takes to get the job done that I volunteered for. I treat every day the same, I have 24 hours, just like everyone else. If I didn’t want to do something I would simply not do it. I always do the same thing, whether it’s going to work or play, I take drinks and food in my lunch box, eat at the same time every day, rely on no one but myself, and blame no one but myself if I forget something. I always receive a reward for my hard work, and that is my satisfaction for doing a job right.

That said, after years of giving freely to people, I am now very choosy as to who I help. I quit allowing myself to be used by family members, only because I help them and they don’t help anybody else. I don’t want their help, and dont expect it, but I do expect them to help other family members that they are taking advantage of and not helping. Because they don’t, I don’t allow myself to do anything else for them. Yes, they are pissed and dont talk to me anymore, and had I known this I would’ve stopped letting them take advantage of the situation years ago.

Bottom line...look for the joy in everything you do. It’s there, sometimes it’s just harder to find. In Kerns example, it was one day, 5 hours, and maybe working on that Charger will yield dividends down the road, when he gets his Charger.