Hello ,
I got stuck in the snow.
Not like stuck like tiny stuck. Stuck like STUCK STUCK STUCK.
Stay with me, this is an exciting story!
I’ve never been stuck in the snow but imagine being stuck in the snow and you’re blocking both sides of the traffic. Yes, I was stuck and blocking the road right across.
What happened was I was going down the slope on a hard snowy day and I realised that if I continue down that slope, I’ll probably hit another car so I decided to make a U-turn.
While I was making the U-turn, the car got stuck right across the road and everyone was honking for me to get out of the way.
I was panicking, I was worried and almost in tears. Typical me, I started to pray and ask for God to send me help out of this snow.
As I waited there, 20 mins in, a gentleman stopped before me and it was very interesting because I didn’t even pay attention to the fact he was walking and most definitely cold himself. He stopped and said I’ll help you. He proceeded to stop both sides of the traffic and other people joined him to help me.
As I drove off, I saw him walking and asked if he needs a ride somewhere and he said yes. He got in my car and when I asked him where he was going, he said just 2 mins away. I began to wonder where he had been walking from and when I asked, he said his car got caught in the snow and he had been walking home to call a tow truck.
I was amazed because here I was stuck in the snow and in need of help but this man had also encountered the same problem I had and still chose to help me even when he didn’t get the same help he chose to give me.
A lot of us are in life situations where we think we don’t have it figured out so we don’t need to help anybody else. But this man had his own car stuck in the snow and chose to help me even though he couldn’t help himself.
This made me think of the fact that in life what you need may be what helps someone else. The truth is I got him to his destination and it wasn’t a two minutes walk like he said. It was more of a five minutes drive which means a twenty minutes walk in the snow.
I was so happy to drop him at his destination and he was also blessed because if he hadn’t helped me, he would have had to walk twenty minutes.
My point here is as we live our lives, let’s endeavour to look over our shoulders for others who may also need help. Your 500 dollars may not be enough for you but maybe someone else is even praying for 100 dollars.
Someone once said, “As we live our lives, we enable others to also live their lives.”
Don’t get stuck in being selfish and saying I don’t have enough so I’ll keep everything for myself.
Instead, look over your shoulder, somebody else needs help.
So, my challenge to you this week is help others even if…
I don’t know what your dot is but make sure you help others no matter what.
Have a fantastic week and don’t forget somebody else needs your help.
Affirmation for the week
“I will find joy in helping others. I will also find help whenever I need it and in every situation I find myself. I choose to be a helper to many and I will never lack a helper.”
A Book For You
I haven’t read Give And Take by Adam Grant but they are many great reviews about it and it discusses the benefits of helping others so I’m encouraging you and me too to read it.
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