Community vs. Obligation

Known in many terms, such as pakikipagkapwa or pakigdait, Community is not simply being with other people, but in actuality, sharing the self with others. Obligation: Grant someone a fish, and they will be fed for a day. Teach them to fish, and they will be fed for life. Everyone has a debt to the other that performs something for them. Very generous people will of course ask others to not mind it, and those people will of course only really be obligated to follow this virtue when they can, but combined with the virtue of Community, following the virtue of obligation ecomes
an easy and joyful thing to do. If we can all help each other, then obligation does not become a burden, but a habit