You Need Help

We all do, literally. Have you ever realized you need help but refused to ask for it? Don’t lie. There are a multitude of reasons we don’t ask for help. Too shy, too ashamed, we don’t want to bother anyone, too stubborn, we can’t bear if someone can’t help us, they would make it more complicated or they might laugh at us, just to name a few. If you’re an introvert, like me, it can be especially hard to ask for help, but that’s not to say that extroverts don’t also share the struggle.

Sometimes the problem may be that we don’t realize we need help because we are stuck in the head space in which we are determined to do it on our own. Maybe we had a past experience where someone’s help made the situation worse or maybe we have given up all hope in humanity. Well as much as I would like to tell you we don’t need help, I have to tell you that we all need help sometimes. I have heard the following phrase repeated to me a few times recently, almost as if it is a sign:

“Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”

Communication is key, we all have different strengths and weaknesses; mine strength might be your weakness. So ask that friend with the finance degree to help you organize your finances, if its easier you can offer a trade, such as making her a portrait of her favorite cat or helping her plant a garden. Start small and start today. Remember that allowing someone to help you is helping them.