You are right, we often think that the world and people around us owe us something. We expect certain things from them and get upset when we don't get them.
But no one owes us anything.
Not even those whom we have helped or done some good.
Do we know how to appreciate the simple life..... that's the question :)
As I didn't owe anything to that teacher who selected me for the choir 😆
Jokes aside, you have a different perspective on this idea of owing. It's true that we shouldn't expect anything from people, but isn't it against human nature? We tend to have expectations even though we may not admit it. Not necessarily in a material sense, but I suppose we do owe something to those who have nurtured us with such care and patience that we should at least reciprocate the same fondness.
But I understand your implied message. You always have a unique one :)
We do something good for a person not because they have done something good for us. We just like that person or we like to do good things for people. But this is in the ideal, and there are no perfect people.
There is a concept of duty as an inner feeling towards people or country or nature. It's an inner compulsion.
There is a notion of debt from the series of buy and sell or you me - I you. Yes, this also exists in human relations and traders and bankers teach us to it hard ))).
But this is something else entirely
You are ready to do something good for your teacher out of respect and gratitude to him, not because he gave you a loan of knowledge and skills and now you have to pay )).
You don't owe anyone anything, no matter how unusual it sounds.
Мы делаем что-то хорошее для человека не потому, что он сделал что-то хорошее для нас. Нам просто нравится этот человек или мы любим делать хорошее для людей. Но это в идеале, а идеальных людей не бывает.
Есть понятие долга, как внутреннего чувства по отношению к людям или стране или природе. Это внутреннее побуждение.
Есть понятие долга из серии купи-продай или ты мне - я тебе. Да, это тоже существует в человеческих отношениях и к этому нас усиленно приучают торговцы и банкиры ))
Но это уже совсем другое
Вы готовы сделать что-то хорошее для учителя из уважения и благодарности к нему, а не потому, что он дал вам в долг знания и умения и теперь вы должны платить ))
Вы никому ничего не должны, как бы непривычно это не звучало.
You misunderstood me here. I am saying that the fact that I may not be singing properly that day - And I at least owed her a good performance. (That's just my assumption. I don't even remember anything. I was just 4 years old). I'm jokingly saying that I did owe her a good recital of a poem or whatever.
And you do have a point 😊. Agreed 💯
I see
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