No good deed ever goes unpunished

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:25:56 +0000

“No good deed ever goes unpunished.”

I’ve said this more times than I care to admit, usually in the aftermath of trying to help someone and ending up with more problems than I started with.

It’s a peculiar thing – the people you’d expect to be grateful are often the ones who punish you most for trying. I think about my parents sometimes, how every time I offer to sort something out or take on a burden, it somehow spirals into getting used. The intention is never in doubt but the outcome always ends up feeling used.

Family on Shafiq Alibhai

No good deed ever goes unpunished