Friends is probably my favorite TV show. There's this one episode where Joey tells Phoebe that there is no such thing as a selfless good deed. Because every good deed makes the do-gooder feel good about doing it, therefore they are benefiting themselves. His argument is that doing a good deed is always a little bit selfish, because people like to feel good about doing the right thing. And the show's really funny because Phoebe tries so hard to prove him wrong, and every time something happens to prove him right.
There was this whole big deal about how a senior from our school befriended a freshman with autism and changed his life. The kid would sit alone at lunch everyday, until the senior decided to sit by him. It really is a freaking awesome story. The 2 kids were even on TV for it and they showed it today during class. And the ladies interviewing them were like, "wow, you're so amazing, so inspirational," just piling on all these compliments. And he's just sitting there awkwardly, like"...uh thanks?" I mean what are you supposed to say? Doing something for someone else should never be about the kind of response you're gonna get. And you could tell that's how he felt. He really was friends with the freshman kid. It wasn't some kind of superficial stunt to look like a nice guy.
I'm just saying that doing something like being a friend to someone who needs a friend shouldn't be so over-glorified. It's awesome to share the story. It's a great story, it was a great thing to do. But it's something everyone should do.
The moral of the story is: make someone's day without them needing to make yours back.
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