The Little Old Lady!

Think about this for a moment if you will....



A little old lady is at the stop light just about ready to cross, you decide that you want to help that little old lady cross. Do you think that she will say "No, I'm waiting for someone better than you to help!" Or do you think that she will accept and let you cross her across the street? Just think about it for a moment. There really isn't much to think about. Because that little old lady will let accept your proposal and let you help her cross the street.



Why would I bring something up like this? Well, it has come to my intention that we are interviewing others for help. When we really shouldn't. Why would I interview my own grandmother to see if she has what it takes to make homemade cookies? I wouldn't do that. She offered me some homemade cookies and I would gladly accept them. Our society is based on what we know and what we can do. But we never let those that offer the help and give them their opportunity to shine.



I know photography (okay, not as much as everyone else, but I do know some) and I notice that in every photo that I take, we are helping each other with the pose that will look great. It's not like I am going out of my way to look for someone to help me figure out what pose is best for that situation. I don't think so. You need to act fast and put into consideration that there is only two of you and you need to do what is best for you and your client.



Help is defined as 1) action given to provide assistance; aid; 2) a person or persons who provide assistance with some task, 3) a person employed to help in the maintenance of a house, and 4) correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. If you look at the first defination we are providing assistance (aid) to the other that has not accepted the help. But the offer is there if the person is looking for the help that they need. Now look at the second definition, there is more than one person that can help. But the help that was offered is being used. It is being countered. The first definition is showing a uncountered assistance that is not being used. Why do you think that we give this type of offer? We give it because we care about the other person.



Now, lets go back to the example that I had given in the first paragraph. That little old is going to take your assistance because she knows that there is something that is willing to help and provide to her the assistance that she wanted. Even if she didn't want it, she took the assistance. Sometimes I think that we take ourselves and our friends and family members for granted. Maybe that is something that we all should look at.