How Do We Help Someone Before They Collapse Without Collapsing Alongside Them?
How can we support someone early and effectively while still protecting our own ability to keep helping?
This Hagut Yosef essay reads “strengthen him” as a call for early support before a person’s fall becomes harder to reverse. It then adds a second principle: help must be sustainable. The source applies this balance to charity, parents, teachers, and other forms of care—support early, support intelligently, and preserve enough strength to remain capable of giving. It is not medical or mental-health treatment guidance.