Correct way of helping others

 Father along with his wife and two children went on a nearby pilgrimage 

by walking.

But it turned out to be a tiresome walking. Both the children felt thirsty 

under the scorching sun and fell unconscious.

Even wife said that she can't walk more. Husband was searching for help. 

That time he found an elderly man coming. Elderly man was carrying water 

with him. 

Husband stopped the elderly man and requested him to give some water to

his children.

Elderly man gives the water to children and asked the father to pass the 

mountain next and he would find the river.

Father agreed and went in the direction said by elderly man, holding the 

water bottles. He requested the elderly man to take care of his family. 

Soon he found the water and filled the water bottles with water and started 

to return.

When he was on  his way back, he observed many people being thirsty. He s

tarted helping them by offering the water he had just fillled. 

Then again he went to fill the water bottles and in the midway he was

 offering water to other people. 

This continued for a while.  Father didn't return. This made the elderly man

to get anxious and he went in search of father. 

Elderly man saw father helping the thirsty strangers by offering water to

 drink. 

Elderly man came near father and said " it's good to see that you are

 helping others. But instead of helping them in person, you could have 

showed them the way to water source just like I did." 

Father realised that it is not just the help, but it is the way of offering help 

which matters.