Janet called me today and asked me if I could pick up her daughter from work because she had her car towed. I told her absolutely. She said she would pay me $25 because I would have to go all the way down the 215 and back to Murrieta. I started to tell her that I wouldn't accept payment and she did the whole "no, I need to pay you". I replied "I know you would do anything for me If I called and asked you. When I need help I would want to feel comfortable calling you. We all need a little help sometimes." She was crying- saying she doesn't ask people for help ever". It was a special experience. I felt sympathy for a mother in a place of such vulnerability- i'm glad that I can be a person she could call and ask for help. It took a lot for her to do that, but I couldn't be more willing. We all need to learn to put those walls down- the ones that keep us from doing what we need to do.
People in our individualistic culture (including myself at times) feel they have to figure everything out for themselves- otherwise they are a failure. The truth is that we all need a little help, and we have to be there for each-other. It makes the world a better place, a more comfortable one, where fears don't penetrate our every thought.
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