How many of you can relate to this dilemma?  We feel that we can do it all and continue even when we should stop and ask for help.  Oh yes, all the warning signs are there. It is almost as if our internal computer is saying, “Are you sure you want to delete all files?”  However, we press on in our delusion of being “Super-Human” with a “nothing can get the best of me” attitude. Then, we no longer want to ask for help, we have to.  I am not sure about you, but being in a position of having to do something, rather than wanting to do something, is very disempowering to me.

Asking for help does not mean you are inferior or incapable.  Asking for help simply means that you are aware of what your limits are at that particular time.  I know that there is a fine line between asking for help and being needy, but if you are aware of that line and question which side you are on, then I am pretty certain that when you ask for the needed help others will appreciate feeling needed. The upside is you will not end up like our four-legged friend above! Who knows, you may even be called upon to be someone’s rescuer.  No “I told you so” allowed (well at least not out loud).

I am curious about the times that you should have asked for help but didn’t and then wished that you had.  Did you end up feeling foolish?

Please leave a comment, help needed here!