1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: Today's tip is that help tends to come through other people. 4 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: So if you are in a situation where you need 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: some help, be open to what others can give you, 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: and you just might find yourself doing a lot better. 7 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 2: So there is an often told story about a very 8 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: righteous religious man who is trapped in his house by 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: a flood. As the water rises, he prays that God 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: will rescue him. A rescue team comes by, but he 11 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: waves them off because he is certain that God will intervene. 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: Then a boat comes by and he waves that off too. Finally, 13 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 2: a helicopter hovers outside his window, but he is still 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: waiting for the Almighty Alas, that doesn't happen, and when 15 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 2: he finds himself at the pearly gates, he asks God 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 2: what went wrong? God, frustrated, notes that he sent a 17 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 2: rescue team, a boat, and a helicopter. What else was 18 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: he supposed to do? Now? I imagine that most of 19 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: us aren't that stubborn, but all of us couldn't realize 20 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: that when we need help in life, most likely that 21 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: help is going to come in the form of other people. 22 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: If you are depressed, you can hope that the depression 23 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 2: will go away, and it might, but most likely that 24 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: will happen through the care of a physician, the help 25 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: of a therapist, and the support of family and friends. 26 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: You can hope to find a job that won't make 27 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: you miserable, but that new job will most likely come 28 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: through an old colleague or a neighbor who knows someone 29 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: who is hiring and puts in a good word for you. 30 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: Even something like finding a new place to live is 31 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: likely going to be the result of someone forwarding you 32 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: a listing that she saw. We simply can't be aware 33 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: of everything in the world, and the more deeply you 34 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: are in a problem, the less likely you are to 35 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: know the solution. It's going to have to come from 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: somewhere else. This seems simple enough, but I think a 37 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: lot of us don't think about reaching out for help 38 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 2: and being open to the help that is offered nearly enough. 39 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: We don't want to take advantage of people, and we shouldn't. 40 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: But if a friend asked you for something that was 41 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: within your power to do, my guess is that you 42 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: would be happy to do it, and so if you 43 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: are in a tough patch, be willing to reach out 44 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: can make your life easier. A neighbor just might be 45 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: willing to run to the drugstore for pediolite if you 46 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: are stuck home alone with a sick kid. On a 47 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 2: recent flight, a woman asked the flight attendant if she 48 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 2: could ask us all to sit for twenty seconds so 49 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: she could leave the plane to make a very tight connection. 50 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: So the flight attendant asked, and we did, and everyone 51 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: wished the woman good luck as she hustled down the aisle, 52 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 2: and if people offered to help take it. My accountant 53 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: recently offered to do something for me that perhaps I 54 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: could have figured out with a very long call to 55 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: the irs, but she was going to be a lot faster. 56 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: A parent who was already at an event offered to 57 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: drive my kids home so I didn't have to go 58 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: out in the rain with my little ones. Wow, was 59 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: I happy about that. If you are a nice and 60 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: normal person, you probably don't make unreasonable requests, and you 61 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: help others when you can as well. So go ahead 62 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: and make life easier for yourself by saying yes to 63 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: the help that is offered and asking for what you need. 64 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: If you believe the story of the man with the 65 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 2: boat in the helicopter. Even divine help is going to 66 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 2: come through other people, so be open to it and 67 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: you will probably wind up better off. In the meantime, 68 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 69 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: the most of our time. 70 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from him. You can 71 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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