intention
I going ask fo da help I need
@highlandcalm Narrated by Paul Rigby 2:20 30 shots
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I wen ask, and somebody wen say yes, and um nevah was da enormous ting I wen build um into inside my head. I going do dis mo early next time, cuz da waiting, dass da expensive part, and da asking wen cost me almos notting at all. Two weeks of carrying um. One minute of saying um. I like get dose two weeks back, and I not going spend da next two da same way.
Get one message on my screen dat say of course. Two words, sent inside one minute, aftah I wen spend two weeks not sending mine. I keep looking at da timestamp on top um. Nevah had one bit of hesitation nowea inside um, no weighing um up, no sense at all dat I wen ask fo someting big or unusual.
I would rathah struggle quiet den be one burden, and I wen call dat independence fo years. Um mo close to pride, and um wen cost me time I not getting back. Da arithmetic nevah wen work. I was protecting oddah people from one two minute favor by spending two weeks doing da ting junk kine all by myself, and den calling da result self sufficiency. Nobody eva wen ask me fo do dat. I wen decide um on dea behalf, I nevah check wit dem, and suppose somebody I love wen do da same ting to me, I would be genuinely hurt by um. Refusing help no make me strong. Um make me slow, and um quietly tell da people around me dat I no trust dem wit notting real.
People like get asked. Being useful to somebody dey care about, dat not one cost, dass one of da bettah parts of one day, and I been quietly denying dat to people who love me while telling myself I was being considerate. Every time somebody ask me fo someting specific, I stay glad I was da one dey wen tink of. Um genuinely nevah wen occur to me dat da same ting run in da oddah direction, and dat my silence was reading like distance instead of like strength. Da mos strong people I know, dey ask fo tings constantly and direct, and I wen have da whole picture upside down.
So I going name da one specific ting, to da one specific person. Not one general sense dat I stay struggling, cuz nobody can act on dat even wen dey like plenny. One ting, one person, out loud. Specific requests, easy fo say yes to. Vague ones, dose jus one atmosphere dat oddah people gotta stand around inside, guessing wat going help.
Wen ask. Wen get one answer. I nevah had fo carry um alone, and turns out I nevah did.