One thing that I will admit, sometimes it’s good to take a break and be alone…
Take time to “Smell the Roses” and reflect on the past and how far you have come… Don’t you agree?
One of the hardest things to understand is when that time needs to be.
We all have had circumstances that have come about where we didn’t need to be alone, but we chose to do so anyway. I am not sure why we have that tendency when it would be much better if we had someone we could talk to or share with during those moments. Maybe we think we can handle it better on our own…? Maybe we feel like we will burden someone else…? Maybe we think that nobody would be able to help at that moment…? Whatever the reason is we come up with… Well, … It’s not a good reason at all.
Yesterday I had a call in the midst of a planned “Very Busy” Locksmith day…
My dad, who is 80 years young, loves to fish… and when the fish aren’t biting, he loves to walk the banks of the river and look for arrowheads. I must admit that he is very active for his age. He even loves to see what he can find with his metal detector, and over the years he has found many interesting items.
Yesterday, he decided he wanted to go fishing. He couldn’t find anyone that was available to go with him, so he loaded up the boat by himself and headed to one of his favorite spots. The fish weren’t doing much so he decided to ease over to the bank of the river and get out to look for arrowheads. The turbines were running at the dam, so the water level was higher and moving faster than if they were off. He pulled the boat up onto the bank and placed his anchor in such a manner the boat would not float away.
He started scanning the bank to see what he could find… As he made his up the bank and concentrating on every rock he passed, he didn’t realize that they had cut the turbines off, and the water level was dropping. After searching for a while, he decided to turn around and head back toward the boat taking a different path than he had before. Once he got close to the boat, he noticed the water level had dropped and his boat was now 30′ from the edge of the water and resting on top of slimy rocks and mud.
After he struggled for a while attempting to get the boat back into the water, he made that dreaded phone call… You know, the one that we make when we realize that we need help, but we didn’t want anyone to know… (could it be a pride thing I guess…?)
My mom called and asked if I could go and help him out since he was alone, of course I said, “Yes Mam!” and was on my way.
As I was headed to where he was, I gave him a call…
ME: “Hello, I was told you needed a Locksmith to help get your boat back in the water?”
DAD: “Well, yes… I have been trying to get this thing back in the water for 2 hours.”
ME: “I am headed your way, where are you?”
DAD: “I’m about 30 yards below the stream on the Talladega side, I can see the tower from where I am, you can’t miss me”
ME: “What do you think the fastest way to get there would be?”
And so on…
While I was headed his way, he unloaded many of the items that were in the boat… Battery, Seats, Boat Motor, Paddle, Tackle Box… this would make the boat lighter and somewhat easier to move.
When I arrived, I say a very tired man, wet from the knees down, and a little muddy, sitting on the front of his boat that was just barely in the water…
DAD: “I finally got it, now just have to put everything back in… I didn’t realize they cut the water off. They sound the siren when they turn it on, but you don’t hear anything when they decide to cut it off. When I got back to the boat it was way up there…”
ME: “Well, let’s get you loaded back up!”
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT…
As soon as we loaded most of the items back into the boat, the sirens started going off indicating they were turning the water back on…
I drove to the boat launch and helped him load the boat and we started heading home…
On the drive home I was reflecting on the lessons to be learned from this event.
- Just because you can do something by yourself doesn’t mean that you should or that you must.
- Even though you “Think” have all the tools necessary for a particular task, you may find yourself in an unintentional situation.
- Sometimes other people are more concerned about us than we are.
- Many times, we struggle more than we must, and it could be avoided if we would have asked for help earlier than we did.
- It is possible to end up with the same end results when you do things by yourself, but it’s so much easier when you have help.
- The more information we can share about where we are stuck, the easier it is for someone to help us.
- Some people can watch us struggle and not offer to help.
- Starting a business is very similar to everyday life. You can choose to figure everything out on your own or ask for help.
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