During our session on Social impact management by Ms Anita Rego, I was struck by one particular point she mentioned early in her presentation.
She spoke about respecting the life of the beneficiaries whom we reach out to and often make a remarkable contribution in alleviating pain and suffering. She said that once we make this intervention, at times over years and varied means, and the individual is free of that what stifled his or her growth and life, we must let that life grow by itself. Just because we have made a difference in the life that individual does not mean that the person has to be indebted to us for the rest of his/her life. I do not 'own' that person. He/she is totally free to live his/her life on his/her own terms. Neither do I have to feel entitled to his/her decisions or plans nor has that individual to feel 'burdened' under our 'charity'.
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