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It's Okay to Ask for Help

Some claim it's “every man for himself, ” that is not true.

Amanda Troncone

Nov 14, 2016

Waynesburg University

Westside Christian Fellowship

It’s okay to ask for help.

Sometimes life throws us complete curve balls. Curve balls that curve when we do not expect it, and curves we can see from the time the ball left the pitcher’s hand. Either way, when that curve ball hits, it hits where we are most vulnerable with impeccable timing. By impeccable timing, I mean just when you thought you were okay. The next thing you know, you are curled up on your couch watching those terrible holiday movies that run repeatedly on the Hallmark and Lifetime channels sitting on a snowbank of used tissues.

It’s okay to ask for help.

What I want you to know when you are making of snow angels out of snotty tissues is that it’s okay to ask for help. Because the truth is, everyone needs it, and most everyone will give it because they understand.

People understand broken hearts. People understand overwhelming anxiety. People understand what it is like to be broken and feel like you are never going to feel better. People understand what is like to lose a loved one. People understand. People may not understand your specific situation, but they can understand that you feel hurt, upset, and helpless.

It’s okay to ask for help.

I know that a lot people claim that “it’s every man for himself” and that you need to “pull yourself up from your boot straps” because no one cares and no one will help. But, that is not true. The people who say that are the ones who have been hurt and went seeking for answers and relief in the wrong places.

It’s okay to ask for help.

Because God will help. Maybe not in the way you want or with the immediacy you want. If you ask him for help, he will help. I know that there are many people that do not want to hear this and do not see what God’s thought process is. You have to understand that it is not our job to understand. There is a reason why bad things happen. There is a reason why we don’t know everything. But, until you are willing to ask for help, you won’t see the good. God will help you.

It’s okay to ask for help.

Alongside God is an army of believers. Like any army, there are those who may not represent what this army stands for and believes in. Those people give Christianity a bad reputation. If you get past those people, you will see and understand an army so beautifully loving and accepting. We will help you. Maybe not in the way that you want or with the immediacy you want because we lean on God and we lean on his words and what he wants us to do. But, we will help.

So please, understand, that it is okay to ask for help.

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"I don't want to do things. I want to not do things."

1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

It would be so much easier to just pay someone to do it for you

1. Figuring out when to start

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3. Shopping for deals

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3. When payday comes around.

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6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

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12. When you check your bank account.

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13. And stab the next person who asks us what we want to do with our life.

14. However, despite the stress and student loans, college is amazing and there's plenty of reasons to smile.

Thank you, April, for inspiring us with your wicked relatability.

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4. Tell Someone You Love Them.

5. Forgive.

6. Let go of the negative people in your life.

7. Be yourself.

8. Swallow Your Pride.

9. Stop Freaking Out Over Your Body.

10. Say No.

11. Accept Love.

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