Another person who is worthy of notice is the helpful stranger. Someone is being nice and attempting to help you with something or tell you about something. Since you probably don’t need help doing anything – because if you knew you would need help, you’d already have a trusted person with you – this helpful stranger can be dismissed. In other words, if you want to also be nice, you can tell them “no, thanks” and if they do not vacate your space, you can tell them whatever it takes to make sure they do so. Remember, it’s a sheep talking. You’re not a sheep, so run them off.

The other helpful person wants to tell you that you left a light on at your house, or your cat is out of your fence or one of a thousand other things. Why do they want to tell you this, since it’s none of their concern? Perhaps they are trying to find out about you. Or, their lives are just so utterly dull that their only respite from the hell in which they live is by attempting to be helpful to others. One could argue that someone in this condition could best be helped by removing them from the living altogether, but that’s not necessary. What is important is why any of these people are around you at all. They have moved into your proximity with some kind of speech or action that may draw you into something you’d rather avoid. This has the same result as the helpless victim I mentioned in my previous post, so treat the situation in the same way and decide on an appropriate response. Most important is to not get caught off guard, nor end up stalked by some kind of helpful, overly-friendly psychotic individual who will end up maneuvering you into a dangerous position.

There are some naturally helpful people in the world, of course. They are the same sheep who want to make the world a better place or some other saying promoting peace and harmony. That’s fine, but I choose not to have sheep around me, even if they are well-intentioned. If a threat appears, the sheep will just be cluttering up the target area.

Once in a great while, someone who is a wolf will offer you help. In these situations, you’ll likely really, really need help and need it right now. And, you should recognize another wolf. Trust your instincts. You will just know. That wolf will immediately lend assistance and then retreat a bit to give you your own space back. These events are rare but amazing to see how wolves will help each other so quickly while sheep will bleat and run.