Help

Ask for help - Receiving is an act of generosity.

If an offer of help is genuine, it is ALWAYS helpful.

This is only if we can open ourselves up to outside assistance.

It is all too easy to overestimate our abilities - to believe that we are self-sufficient and capable of succeeding on our own.

Truth?

No man is an island. There is a reason why the elderly can die shortly after the loss of their life-long mate. If we were intended to live in isolation we would not have the capacity to love or even communicate. We don't need to hear ourselves speak (contrary to many popular opinions) - but we DO find the sound of another voice to be soothing. It is why we respond so to the singing voice of our mother, no matter how unique.

Loneliness, as it turns out, has a physiological equivalence and impact. Those who feel loved more easily maintain their will to live - they can combat disease better... they have REASONS for living and these reasons are almost always wrapped up in another human.

To ask someone for help is admitting your mortality - it is giving in to the finite nature of our existence... what we often forget is that our need for help is an opportunity for someone else to be our savior. By allowing ourselves to receive support, we invite another to become a part of us. See: Biology - receptors; open receptors allow for the acquisition of information. Without an open port, ships may not dock, yes? Let's see how many more metaphors I can cross!

Sometimes, we need to help others in order to FEEL something ourselves. The reasoning behind it is personal and individual... and yet, it seems to be fairly universal - this need to interact, to give in order to receive. But even the strongest of us won't be strong forever.. at some point, we all need someone. And if we can just REACH OUT - Admit we could use a little help... we will be surprised to find that others are out their waiting with anticipation for the opportunity to give.

I love you.

M