We all need a little help now and then. Some of us need more than a little help. We’re likely to get help from our family and close friends. There are times that we get help from people we don’t know real well too. I am grateful for all those people I barely knew that helped me.
In the gym so many people have helped me lift better. Some have spent so much time helping me become better. I didn’t even always know their names. They just helped me.
I was given a job by a guy I barely knew with barely an interview. I needed a job bad at the time and that helped me out so much and helped my career.
A kid a barely knew welcomed me into his crew when switched schools. I had barely to that point talked to anyone at the new school. I was at that point welcomed in as a friend for no reason I can really determine.
A guy I haven’t talked to in over a year helped me edit a book I’m writing. He pretty much just said “sure I’ll take a look.”
I don’t know why these people were kind to me and helped me. I’m sure if I thought long and hard I would come up with many more examples of people I barely knew doing good things for me. This kind of kindness can really give a guy an optimistic view of the world. It does make me wonder how I measure up to their examples. These people have really helped me, but I wonder how I am helping others. I know I should help more people, whether I know them or not. I’m grateful I have gotten help from these people, they are examples to follow in my own behavior. These folks provide both an example and a hope to me.
The hope I get from these people is that if these almost strangers helped me in the past, it is likely to happen again. These people helped me in some deep ways. This has to lead me to believe that the help I need with current and future struggles could come from anyone. This is a beautiful thing to think that the help we need can come at any time from anyone. We don’t have to know where the source might be. Not having to know everything is something I can very grateful for.