25th April 2011
There is no poverty of helping hands, but only receivers'
Anonymous
Last week a friend of mine invited me to have a ride in his newly purchased car. He was very excited to take me and his family for a joy ride. There was an `L' board to inform others that he is new to driving. He was very careful in driving and his driver was seated next to him. I could see a tinge of nervousness as he was driving the car.
After one kilometre of drive, something went wrong and the car stopped. He was trying to start the engine, but could not. May be there was a minor problem. His driver told him that the car can be push started. So I and the driver got down and pushed the car. My friend was on the wheels, and he was trying to engage the gear and slightly accelerate the car so that car starts. There is a knack of push starting the car and it's easy to do it. But my friend was not able to do it, since he was new to driving.
After pushing the car for some distance, the driver requested my friend to get down from the car, and got into driver's seat. We pushed the car for just ten feet and the driver was started the car very quickly.
I learnt a lesson: we should know not only to do our job well, but also how to make use of help offered by others!
We alone can succeed, but we cannot succeed alone! We need the help and support of others. There are people who can help us, but we should know how to make use of their help. How we make use of others' help is very important in the context of interpersonal relationship.
Over this week end, answer two important questions:
1. When you are in need of help, how many people will rush to help you?
2. How equipped are you to make use of such help?
N C Sridharan
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