Every week, for one year, you can relieve an inspirational message that often has very practical ideas for deepening community.
You can easily sign up for these by going to the website built to provide you with a gateway to my book. Check out this inspirational message, "Lending a Hand"
We’ve all said it: “Let me know if I can do anything to help!”.
And yet we all know that it is unlikely that we’ll be asked to help with anything. Most often when we ask this question, we know that someone is in a situation where they need assistance. Someone is ill, injured, grieving, just had a new baby, or is overwhelmed with an issue or a task.
Often when we say, “let me know if you need help,” we really do want to help but we think we don’t know what would be helpful. The truth is that, deep down, we all know what people need because we have been there ourselves. Perhaps it wouldn’t be too much of a leap to just go ahead and do those things without them having to ask.
Here are five things that almost anyone needs help with when they are in a hard situation:
This week, think about some ways that you could lend a hand without being asked and observe how it is received.