When is it time to stop calculating risk and reward and just do what you know is right?

It is human nature to desire to satisfy our needs and wants. As Economics 101 states wants are unlimited and needs are given based on the available limited resources. The nature of business is that its shareholders/members want profits. Even when we take this topic to relationships, partners/spouses want to be loved in return. As students we go through sleepless nights studying and doing assignments knowing that there is a reward of a qualification resulting in hopefully a better job and pay. People invest money after a certain amount of time expecting a return on their investments. Bottom line we all want to do something knowing that we are going to receive a reward whether it is today, tomorrow, next week, next month or next year.

People work extra shifts for other people to get extra money. When I was working at Exclusive Books, at one point people knew if and when they needed someone to work shifts they couldn't work, I was on their speed dial. Of course, I didn't mind because I knew I'm getting paid more. I doubt I would have worked all those hours if that wasn't the case.

What is stated above does not remove from the fact that it is important as a person to do what is right. All the right things you do in life are your blessings and our deeds will also determine our blessings. Your blessings don't always come from the person that you have helped, this is like in the movie Play It Forward. I was coming back from work and found a cellphone on the ground as I was crossing the street. I checked for the last dialled number and phoned to try track the owner. A lady answered and she stayed two streets away from my place. Her boyfriend had gotten drunk and lost his phone. I told her where I stayed and when she came to fetch the phone she gave me money to show her gratitude. I was not expecting her to pay me, I was just being an honest citizen.