Give me a reason to help

She poured coke into the glass which belonged to no one, then into my friend's whose reaction was silence, and then into mine, which I then thanked her for. What is the difference between pouring into a glass of which no one will claim and into one which the owner is as silent as foam? Where is the gratitude? The appreciation?

Each action has a reaction.

Therefore, in order for you to do 'good' you must have someone to recognize, appreciate, thank you for, etc. your action. The waitress who poured the coke was getting paid, that was her 'recognition.' But what about volunteer work? What about the people who fight for what they think is 'right' when they either get shunned or ignored? Well those very same people may even find a group of rebels or what have you to support their ideals. But what about those who do good when no one is around, when the reaction to their action is either far-fetched, impossible, or invisible. Or self-fulfilling.

Reactions fuel actions.

If you filled a tank of gas with gas, but the car refused to run, would you try overflowing the tank with gas to see if the car would start? No. You would look for the problem elsewhere, and if you cannot find the problem, a reaction to your many actions, or a solution to your observed problems, you would say the car is finished. Therefore, without reactions, actions would seize to exist. Without some sort of payment, good actions would halt.

Let's change the string of logic, since every action does not lead to a reaction. For every ward there is a reward. But who will give it? Why continue with good without believing in receiving a higher reward? If there were no belief in a higher power, then many people who do good for that seemingly mystical reason would simply stop. I know I would.

The world is full of self-centered deceiving jerks, and if you consider yourself an adult, you will have come across at least one of these people in your short or long life. Don't allow yourself to sulk in pity of self or others and to drill yourself a spot in that room of losers. Be the one who knocks on that door to call people to leave it.

Don't do good for anyone who does not have the means to reward you. And the only one who can reward you is some sort of infinite power which inevitably drives us all. Call that force what you will. Most people call it:

God.

The only One worth doing anything for. And He has the power/means/justice/mercy to reward you with more than you ever deserve. Forgive those who wrong you because of your good actions, and adjust your intention to please only the Almighty.