The friendly monkey

I once heard a saying that made me really think:
"Come let me help you out of the water or you will drown, " the friendly monkey said. And he put the fish safely on a tree.

I always thought about the deeper meaning of this little sentence. But I never thought I would be in a similar situation. And it gets really complex. Right now you cannot really say which role I take, because both of them apply to me:

For starters I am like the monkey for I desperately try to help my friends and loved ones, whenever possible. For them I do not need to sleep, it doesn't matter if I am busy, at work, doing sports or something else. When they need me I am there for them.
You probably can say I care or do too much. And I agree, but this is how I am. Recently most of the time I don't feel joy myself. But when I can help my friends to be happy, I can feel happy too.

On the other hand you can say I am like the fish. I am swimming in the water minding my own business, but suddenly someone comes and causes problems or difficult situations for you when none should occur.
I have enough problems on my own. Right now so many I cannot really take care of them. But then some people in your life are able to add problems to my long list of problems.
I need time to fix it, but where to start, when the count rises? Some of these people have the right intentions and just want to help, like the monkey. But they do not know enough about the situation and cause more problems than they solve.

 Luckily I am not lost yet.
But more about that on a later post.