Do you find it difficult to ask for help? Are you a natural care-giver and have assumed the responsibility of always giving and seldom receiving?
Has the joy of service been lost amongst the busyness of trying to serve everyone else?
If you’re like me, it’s often uncomfortable to ask for aid.
Knowing my difficulty in asking for help, I was strengthened by the following teachings of Robert D. Hales.
“When you attempt to live life’s experiences alone, you are not being true to yourself, nor to your basic mission in life. Individuals in difficulty often say: ‘I’ll do it alone,’ ‘Leave me alone,’ ‘I don’t need you,’ ‘I can take care of myself.’ It has been said that no one is so rich that he does not need another’s help, no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellowman. The disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence, and to grant it with kindness, should be part of our very nature.”
I am struck with two things from his last line.
-the ebb and flow of giving and receiving.
and that this ability
-“should be a part of our very nature.”
I am learning to say yes when my child, my husband, or friend ask if they can help.
I’m learning to ask with the expectation that others would be happy to assist me.
As I do, I find my heart opening up to beautiful, reciprocal experiences where both individuals are edified.
I invite you to experience for yourself the joy that comes from giving and receiving freely. Asking for assistance with confidence and seeing what beauty unfolds.
Much love,
