Are You Afraid to Ask for Help?

Seriously? Are you the sort of person who holds it all in and figures you can handle it all alone? Or are you the sort of person who relies on other people to help you with everything? Or do you have a good balance between asking for help when you really need it and functioning on your own when it is most healthy?

By asking for help, you are often helping someone else. Allowing someone else to be part of your life, part of a positive solution, you can strengthen relationships. But you can not do this grudgingly, just as the person helping you cannot lord it over you. It is all part of a give and take, and it can work smoothly.

An example of this is one of the finalist in the RenuzitTriScentsHomeMakeover Contest. In this competition, people entered the Transform Your Home with Tanya Memme Promotion in hopes of winning a $20,000 home makeover. The entree I am mentioning is a very simple plea for help. In it is just a photograph of a family's house and accompanying it is a letter. The letter is straightforward and talks about the struggles the family is currently undergoing. All they want is a sanctuary, which is what a home has the potential of being. So, they entered this contest, thus asking for help. Perhaps the help will come. To see this entry and vote for it, just visit the semi-finalist gallery. You can be part of the solution for these people.

Now ask yourself, doesn't it feel good to help someone else out? This little exercise is so simple. Put yourself in their shoes. Maybe when you need help, it will be easier to ask for it.