WEBVTT - Help comes through other people

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that help tends to come through other people.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are in a situation where you need

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<v Speaker 1>some help, be open to what others can give you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you just might find yourself doing a lot better.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is an often told story about a very

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<v Speaker 1>righteous religious man who is trapped in his house by

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<v Speaker 1>a flood. As the water rises, he prays that God

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<v Speaker 1>will rescue him. A rescue team comes by, but he

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<v Speaker 1>waves him off because he is certain that God will intervene.

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<v Speaker 1>Then a boat comes by and he waves that off too. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>a helicopter hovers outside his window, but he is still

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for the Almighty Alas, that doesn't happen, and when

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<v Speaker 1>he finds himself at the pearly gates, he asks God

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<v Speaker 1>what went wrong? God, frustrated, notes that he sent a

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<v Speaker 1>rescue team, a boat, and a helicopter. What else was

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<v Speaker 1>he supposed to do? Now? I imagine that most of us

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<v Speaker 1>aren't that stubborn, but all of us couldn't realize that

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<v Speaker 1>when we need help in life, most likely that help

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<v Speaker 1>is going to come in the form of other people.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are depressed, you can hope that the depression

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<v Speaker 1>will go away, and it might, but most likely that

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<v Speaker 1>will happen through the care of a physician, the help

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<v Speaker 1>of a therapist, and a support of family and friends.

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<v Speaker 1>You can hope to find a job that won't make

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<v Speaker 1>you miserable, but that new job will most likely come

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<v Speaker 1>through an old colleague or a neighbor who knows someone

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<v Speaker 1>who is hiring and puts in a good word for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Even something like finding a new place to live is

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<v Speaker 1>likely going to be the result of someone forwarding you

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<v Speaker 1>a listing that she saw. We simply can't be aware

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<v Speaker 1>of everything in the world, and the more deeply you

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<v Speaker 1>are in a problem, the less likely you are to

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<v Speaker 1>know the solution. It's going to have to come from

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere else. This seems simple enough, but I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of us don't think about reaching out for help

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<v Speaker 1>and being open to the help that is offered nearly enough.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't want to take advantage of people, and we shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>But if a friend asked you for something that was

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<v Speaker 1>within your power to do, my guess is that you

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<v Speaker 1>would be happy to do it, and so if you

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<v Speaker 1>are in a tough patch, be willing to reach out

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<v Speaker 1>can make your life easier. A neighbor just might be

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<v Speaker 1>willing to run to the drug store for pedialyte if

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<v Speaker 1>you are stuck home alone with a sick kid. On

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<v Speaker 1>a recent flight, a woman asked the flight attendant if

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<v Speaker 1>she could ask us all to sit for twenty seconds

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<v Speaker 1>so she could leave the plane to make a very

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<v Speaker 1>tight connection. So the flight attendant asked, and we did,

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<v Speaker 1>and everyone wished the woman good luck as she hustled

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<v Speaker 1>down the aisle, and if people offered to help take it.

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<v Speaker 1>My accountant recently offered to do something for me that

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps I could have figured out with a very long

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<v Speaker 1>call to the irs, but she was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot faster. A parent who was already at an

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<v Speaker 1>event offered to drive my kids home so I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to go out in the rain with my little ones. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>was I happy about that. If you are a nice

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<v Speaker 1>and normal person, you probably don't make unreasonable requests, and

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<v Speaker 1>you help others when you can as well. So go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and make life easier for yourself by saying yes

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<v Speaker 1>to the help that is offered and asking for what

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<v Speaker 1>you need. If you believe the story of the man

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<v Speaker 1>with the boat and the helicopter. Even divine help is

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<v Speaker 1>going to come through other people, so be open to

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<v Speaker 1>it and you will probably wind up better off. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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