Altruistic Folk
He seeks opportunities to do a good act—much like Boy Scouts are encouraged to do each day. When we focus on the true needs of others and seek ways to help, we also help ourselves. We can overcome our own feelings of defeat and failure because we gain the good will of those we have helped. It is a truism that a person who cheerfully helps others even under stressful and adverse circumstances often finds that those others respond with great appreciation and stand by us in our times of need.
Those who are critics are doomed to have very little sympathy or assistance when the path they walk on in life leaves them in need. Prophets of doom and grumblers usually walk alone. God makes a note of those who seek Him by continually doing good (Romans 2:7). Perhaps the most altruistic person who ever lived was Christ. He gave Himself for the sake of others. He came to save mankind, and His work continues even today (1 Timothy 1:15).