How do you take it when someone asks if you're available to possibly help? Often, you're simply too busy to have an opening. But, what if you do? Well, it matters who is doing the asking. Then, it matters what the helping might entail. And then you ask ourselves if you want to interrupt whatever it is you're doing. Are you happy, or feel regret? Congratulations, you're human.
We have a strange response to people wanting help, don't we? If we are the ones asking, we want immediate assistance, yet when someone else asks then we have all kinds of issues we weigh before giving help. Even so, hopefully all this thinking goes right out if there's an actual emergency. In the end, it's probably just as hard to ask for help as it is to give it.
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| Rodin's "The Thinker" |
Curious how we constantly tell our children to take responsibility, to help those in need, and to give generously, yet have such difficulty doing the very same thing in our own lives. Yup, we humans never tire of being illogical and silly. You see, we try to teach the noblest and finest aspects of being human, so reality does slap us in the face now and again. We're flawed. Deeply. But, that doesn't stop us from teaching and expecting the best in everyone.
Funny how complicated it can be just to ask for help with changing a tire, isn't it?
- M
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