Help, I cannot think straight!
Help, I am not making any progress!
Help, I am out of cash!
Help, I am infatuated!
Help, I am overwhelmed!
Help, my phone is acting up!
Help, I don’t have anything to wear
to work!
Help, I cannot stand my
surroundings!
Help, I don’t know what will become
of me after college!
Help, I want to get what I want!
My, didn’t I ask for a lot of help
throughout the year? But, then again, have not I been, and don’t we all?
As my 2012 began with thesis-themed
dramas, I did shout-out for thesis-related help a lot. This resulted in a
four-paged thank you note in my thesis, which included even Benedict
Cumberbatch.
The four-lettered word reminds me
how humble I am as a human being, just like a table top that will not make a
table without four legs. Whenever one is clueless or helpless, however, help is
always on its way.
This year, I learn that sincere help
lasts even longer after the favour is done. A call for help gets not only a
problem solved, but also priceless after-effects that enrich lives. To name one
of the said life-enriching effects of asking help; it reconnects me with
friends, who ended up introducing me to their friends and now I can call them
my friends as well. Also, no matter how much I prefer flying solo and doing as
many things on my own as possible, I can only manage to do so because of the
help of others.
On another note, the prompt for the
day also alternately asks whether I did help for someone and how it did
play out. Since the occasion permits, let me talk about how people have been
addressing me queries on applying for the exchange scholarship I got in 2010 by
summing it in a line: I am surprised on how some can be really depending on
other people’s answers and not making enough effort to help themselves first.
As implied
by the prompt for today, help is not only about asking for it, but also about
giving it, obviously, to the ones who need. Grew up watching a TV serial on the
legend of Sun Go Kong, I remember a quote from Tong Sam Chong the monk, who
once said that “in helping people, one must do it thoroughly.” As much as I live by the quote, I also believe
that people deserve thorough help from others only after they have done
everything they can to help themselves.
In that
sense, I have very little respect on people who came to me and ask, “May I ask
you questions on applying for the scholarship?” with no previous effort on
thoroughly reading the FAQ trilogy I have posted on my blog. Don’t get me wrong, I am more
than delighted to get more people applying for and eventually getting the
scholarship, but I don’t see the need to go the extra miles for those who don’t
do so at the first place. Surely, if one has found me on Facebook, they can
also look my blog up and read the scholarship-related posts before come to me
and address more specific inquiries. If they have done so, then by all means,
ask me anything and I shall be glad to help in any way I can.
So, how can I help you?
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