WHY DO SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR OTHERS?

When I was still in elementary my parents would always be the one in controlling my every move. One time I finally decided to become more independent and do things my own way, it didn’t work out well because my parents keep on saying that they know what’s best for me. I didn’t actually get that statement of theirs because for me how could they know what’s best for me, they’re not me. They don’t know me the way I know myself, so it’s only logical to say that I know what’s best for me, right? But as I become older I finally know what they mean. I usually teach or preach to my little sister or my friends what they shouldn’t do and do because as someone who has experienced the things that they are going through, I think I know what’s good for them. I guess because of the knowledge that I have or know about certain situations, it serves as an edge for me to tell other people what is good for them.
This can also be said to most people, some people tend to intrude or impose their ideas because they think they have more understanding of the person’s situation than the person itself. In a global scale, some countries or organizations share their knowledge of certain ideas because they believe they have the responsibility to share their knowledge to others and improve others’ lives (Inayatullah, 2009). This situation has two reactions, if you are the contributor or the one who assisted, you think that it is because of our human nature to be responsible of others and help them make their lives better. But when you’re the one who is the recipient of the goodness, you will become apprehensive or guarded. Because of course, when someone tries to imply that we need help or we don’t know what’s good for ourselves, it could mean that we are not capable or we are not competent enough to handle the problem ourselves. We also don’t like to be dictated by others because we like to be the boss. We like being in control of our lives and when someone tries to control it for us, we react negatively.
The second reaction can be a problem especially for the people who really need it the most. Sometimes we have to accept the fact that every one of us is not knowledgeable about everything. There are some facts that we don’t know and we may need the assistance of others. I think this could be one factor why some people or country are living badly, it’s because they are not open about others’ help. We are also afraid because it may be possible that those that are helping us just want us to be enslaved by them. We should set aside this idea because it is also possible that the help they are offering are sincere and have no alternative reasons for doing so. We should also think of the equality everyone has in terms of giving and receiving, each and every one of us is vulnerable to being the giver and also the recipient of help.
I think it’s hard to be the recipient of such help especially if the one providing the service is known to be manipulative and conniving. It has been hard for some to trust the help of other people because nowadays, even if countries and people are being connected to each other, those that are superior are only using the inferior ones for their own advantage. Because in this modern time, competition and manipulation is visible and made use by many for gaining power and control.