I have been taken also, and I have also gotten to where I only give what I can afford to just give.
I like doing random acts of kindness, having been an entrepreneur all my life, I have lost my axx twice and I know what it’s like to be pennyless.
There is no shame in falling on your nose, look at Walt Disney. He was a high school drop out who suffered bankruptcy, risked it all 4 times and suffered repeated financial and business disasters.
You just get up, dust yourself off and look around.
The rest will fall in place.