If someone offered to help me while I was struggling with something, I believe I would gladly accept their help even if they did not do it out of a good intention. I understand that while I am going through a hard time I would not be in a position to question or judge whether the person helping me is being genuine or not. However, there are a few things that I would not be willing to accept from anyone despite the help they may offer.
Firstly, I would be willing to accept any charity unless the person helping was documenting everything and posting it on any social media platform. I absolutely do not appreciate people recording their interactions with poor or struggling people and uploading them to the internet to gain likes and comments on their content. I believe that some people make money out of people going through a hard time in their lives by making videos of them giving alms to the poor or by asking them for help and documenting their interactions. While I believe that their actions can encourage others to help people in need, I would not appreciate it if my personal struggles were being documented for someone else's personal gain. I am a human being capable of making my own decisions and I do not think that people have a right to make a living out of other people's misfortunes.
However, if the person who helped me went ahead to boast about it later on to their friends or other people, I would not mind it much. Let them boast and act high and mighty. I would not consider their actions to be a problem because as long as they are not documenting my personal life without my consent, I do not see how their behavior can affect me. I believe that it is a good thing for people to express gratitude towards people who helped them. Unfortunately, some people only do kind things to make themselves look good and act better than others but that is their problem.
On the other hand, I have to consider situations from a realistic point of view. For example, if my family was struggling financially and we needed some help from somebody else, I would take whatever help was being offered without questioning the person's intention because the wellbeing of my family is more important than somebody else's belief on the matter. At that time, I would care about how I could support my family and be glad that somebody was willing to help me with that. I would not think about whether that person helping me was doing it to make themselves look better or to gain personal satisfaction out of seeing other people's struggles. And being in need does not mean that I have to lose my privacy and dignity.
So, I believe that I would not be concerned much about a person's genuine intention in most situations as long as the help they were offering was actually helpful to me. It would feel better if the person was genuinely concerned about my wellbeing but other people have their own problems and I cannot expect them to care about me more than they care about themselves. I would consider the most important things to be helping my family and supporting myself and any other person in need.
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