Comments on: Help! – Not Just a Beatles Song http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Smith http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10409 Rebecca Smith Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:06:53 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10409 Karen & Janice: Thanks for your kind words and offers of help! People have been really good about checking on neighbors and moving the elderly and those without any backup heat/power to homes of friends and relatives or shelters. Schools are closed all week to accommodate displaced people until the power comes back on for the rest of the area (hopefully by the end of the week!). And you're right, Janice! That old bullheaded New England mentality may hamper those who really need help from asking. (I can say that because I was born and raised here.) If only everyone could read Karen's post! Thanks again, ladies, for your support. All we ask for are your prayers and well-wishes. :) Karen & Janice:

Thanks for your kind words and offers of help!

People have been really good about checking on neighbors and moving the elderly and those without any backup heat/power to homes of friends and relatives or shelters. Schools are closed all week to accommodate displaced people until the power comes back on for the rest of the area (hopefully by the end of the week!).

And you’re right, Janice! That old bullheaded New England mentality may hamper those who really need help from asking. (I can say that because I was born and raised here.) If only everyone could read Karen’s post!

Thanks again, ladies, for your support. All we ask for are your prayers and well-wishes. :)

]]> By: Janice Cartier http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10300 Janice Cartier Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:47:22 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10300 Rebecca. Is any one able to go around a check to see if those who may not be able to ask or get around or phone are okay? It did not make the news, but that's what we were doing on the ground just after the storm. Climbing over huge trees in the street, and around them. Checking neighbors. Seeing what was what... well until the levees broke. Some of those people in the ice storm may have no phones, or way to get that help. And I hear New Englanders are a stubborn sort. :-) May not feel it's right to ask. I am with Karen, let us know if there is anything we non New Englanders could possibly do. ;-) Rebecca.
Is any one able to go around a check to see if those who may not be able to ask or get around or phone are okay?

It did not make the news, but that’s what we were doing on the ground just after the storm. Climbing over huge trees in the street, and around them. Checking neighbors. Seeing what was what… well until the levees broke.
Some of those people in the ice storm may have no phones, or way to get that help. And I hear New Englanders are a stubborn sort. :-) May not feel it’s right to ask.
I am with Karen, let us know if there is anything we non New Englanders could possibly do. ;-)

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10292 Karen Swim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:25:50 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10292 Rebecca, I am glad that you are able to communicate. When something like that impacts an entire community or region we are often beautifully reminded that people do still care. Please let us know what those of us outside the region can do to help. Rebecca, I am glad that you are able to communicate. When something like that impacts an entire community or region we are often beautifully reminded that people do still care. Please let us know what those of us outside the region can do to help.

]]> By: Rebecca Smith http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10290 Rebecca Smith Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:12:41 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10290 Karen, Such a timely post! Here in Massachusetts, communities continue to deal with the aftermath of last week’s ice storm. Many are still without heat and electricity, and many schools and businesses are closed. The resources available for those adversely affected are vast, and no one should be too shameful to ask for help to eat, sleep, and stay warm. Karen,
Such a timely post! Here in Massachusetts, communities continue to deal with the aftermath of last week’s ice storm. Many are still without heat and electricity, and many schools and businesses are closed.

The resources available for those adversely affected are vast, and no one should be too shameful to ask for help to eat, sleep, and stay warm.

]]> By: Janice Cartier http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10277 Janice Cartier Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:39:37 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10277 Right back atcha. ;-) Right back atcha. ;-)

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10276 Karen Swim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:27:52 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10276 Jan, so thankful for friends like you! :-) Jan, so thankful for friends like you! :-)

]]> By: Janice Cartier http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10273 Janice Cartier Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:57:39 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10273 "help us be our best selves." That's what friends do. ;-) “help us be our best selves.”

That’s what friends do. ;-)

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10271 Karen Swim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:58:08 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10271 Jan, I am glad that Michael reached out and asked for help. His heartfelt need has certainly triggered a wave of self-reflection and change. I agree that it is a natural instinct to help but we stifle it at times with the need to self-protect. Kelly, I could not shake James post and it made me think, think, think too. I am still turning this around in my head as I work through my own weaknesses. I hate that too, I love to pretend I'm perfect and all too often the illusion is shattered. :-) Ulla, it's sad isn't it? Yet, when we are asked for help we would never want to have the other person feel ashamed, we do our best to help with dignity. You are right though we are surrounded by wonderful people who are too willing to help us be our best selves. :-) Jan, I am glad that Michael reached out and asked for help. His heartfelt need has certainly triggered a wave of self-reflection and change. I agree that it is a natural instinct to help but we stifle it at times with the need to self-protect.

Kelly, I could not shake James post and it made me think, think, think too. I am still turning this around in my head as I work through my own weaknesses. I hate that too, I love to pretend I’m perfect and all too often the illusion is shattered. :-)

Ulla, it’s sad isn’t it? Yet, when we are asked for help we would never want to have the other person feel ashamed, we do our best to help with dignity. You are right though we are surrounded by wonderful people who are too willing to help us be our best selves. :-)

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10269 Karen Swim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:49:18 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10269 lol! Robert, I always enjoy your pithy yet profound responses but I'd have to say "ditto too!" Great responses that have me pondering.... lol! Robert, I always enjoy your pithy yet profound responses but I’d have to say “ditto too!” Great responses that have me pondering….

]]> By: Ulla Hennig http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/12/15/help-not-just-a-beatles-song/comment-page-1/#comment-10268 Ulla Hennig Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:43:11 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=232#comment-10268 Karen and all you others, I think Jamie Grove put it absolutely right - shame as a reason for silence. I am guilty of that too, more often than I want to be. But I am learning, and this lovely community here is a good place to learn. Thanks! Karen and all you others,
I think Jamie Grove put it absolutely right – shame as a reason for silence. I am guilty of that too, more often than I want to be. But I am learning, and this lovely community here is a good place to learn. Thanks!

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