Tell us about a time when you should have
helped someone... but didn’t.
I can’t
recall a specific incident that stands out as a time I should have helped
someone and didn’t, but I know there’s been plenty of times that I was too
absorbed in my own thoughts, work, plans, etc…to stop and take the time to be
there for someone, whether it be a stranger, acquaintance, friend, or family
member.
Sometimes
it’s just the little things that people have done for me, such as helping me
carry packages home from the post office on Kwajalein when I couldn’t fit
everything or it was an awkward size, and they had a large trailer that would
accommodate the package(s) easily. It
was sometimes just a smile and an enthusiastic good morning from the ladies at
work that helped brighten a bad start to the day. I hope there have been plenty of times my
positive attitude or smiling face has helped someone, but I know there are days
when I don’t or haven’t had it in me, and I could have been more helpful.
This is
life….the ups and downs, and we help each other through them, some more than
others. When I’m up, you may be down and
vice versa, and in the end, it all works out the way it’s supposed to.
Hopefully, the people in your life (family, co-workers, friends) compliment
each other. That’s the great part about
relationships. We are often attracted to
those different than us, and that’s good because we can provide each other with
new perspective, unthought-of of solutions to problems, and a smile or
heart-warming hug when we know our loved one is out of sorts. We compliment each other by being different
from each other.
No, I am not
perfect. There are plenty of times I didn’t notice when someone needed me or I
chose not to help, assuming someone else would take the initiative because I
was too tired or busy to do so, but writing this out makes me more aware of
that in myself. It brings it to light, so to speak, and I will be less busy and
more helpful next time I am not feeling it because in the end, helping someone
else, especially when I don’t feel like it, is more likely to make me feel
better than anything else I could do as I stew in my negative mood. Right? J
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