Of course he wasn’t crazy. He felt bullied, knew he did a lot for the community and expected the council to come through for him.
The lesson to be learned is to continue to give generously to your neighbors but don’t expect certain things to happen in return, based on your level of giving.
You try to go through life measuring and obsessing over your give:get ratio, it will kill you eventually.
That is why everyone should be out to screw the government before they screw you. What a wonderful thought.
That is why everyone should be out to screw the government before they screw you. What a wonderful thought.
That is why everyone should be out to screw the government before they screw you. What a wonderful thought.
Good point. Charity includes the notion of not expecting anything in return,....including favoritism or even thanks. (Thanks are good manners, respecting the volition of our fellow man, responding to charity in a fashion which encourages the same thinking through faith in Christ.)