Asking for Help – Again
I got lost recently. Wandering on a university campus and trying to find my way, I asked first one, then two, then three passersby for directions. Not one of them could help. Discouraged, I gave up on asking, somehow believing that if they couldn’t help me then nobody could.
Still wandering 15 minutes later, I took a deep breath and asked again. This friendly woman shrugged as she pointed to a path and told me to “go down the path through between those 2 buildings and then ask again.”
What a gift. She helped me as much as she could and ordered me to ask for help again. In a brief, random encounter she modeled the essential life skill of asking for help, and asking again if needed.
While we grow up hearing the phrase “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again,” when it comes to asking for help sometimes even the first attempt is daunting. How often as a mother do you need help, but hesitate to ask? Or you ask once, and then give up and move forward without the help you need?
When we ask again, we are stepping more fully into the reality of our need, and believing that the support we need will be there for us.
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Do you need help with something?
Have you asked once? Twice?
Still need help? Go ahead – ask again!
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