“Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.”
Jim Rohn

I was reading the most recent update by Karen Bishop recently (see it http://good.ly/eldl here if you haven’t read it already and would like to). In it Karen talks about us moving into the role of Earth Angels – whereby we are becoming more and more Light and connected to the Source of our being. We are also being reminded of the Law of Freewill – what this means simply is that Angels and other beings of Light will not interfere in our lives unless and until we ask them for help. They will not violate our freewill to choose, and this is a good thing. It’s all too easy to look at people around us and make a decision, based on our own model of the world, of what we think would be best for them. In short – how the hell do you really know what would be best for someone else? Imagine how you’d feel if someone kept interfering in your life because they “felt they knew best”. Now it’s different for parents with children – but only to a certain degree. Of course when they are babies and toddlers we can know much more clearly what would benefit them most. However, as they grow, parents need to begin to let go and allow the children to make decisions for themselves – albeit with loving and supportive guidance.

I digress slightly, but that point was worth making and leads me onto the next. As we grow and evolve, we learn more and more about freewill and about taking responsibility for ourselves. Part of that responsibility is knowing when to ask for help, and when to try doing something alone. We cannot and, indeed, must not just rely on others to keep offering help. It’s very disempowering. No one can walk this path alone – Jesus had disciples and friends to help him, as have many of the other gurus around the world. I’m sure the angels become a little frustrated with us at times, when we struggle along “because we hate to be a burden” or “because we’re too proud to ask for help” or “because we will not become beholden to anyone”. These are all thoughts and behaviours of the Ego Self, not of the Soul/Higher Self.

Choosing to ask for help is like choosing to brush our teeth or have a shower each morning. We don’t have to brush our teeth or shower/wash each day, but our life could become more difficult and challenging if we don’t. The point here is, we do actually have a choice. Although the difference with choosing whether or not to brush our teeth does occur more often than choosing whether or not we need help – but you take my point.

Looking after ourselves is a choice – and that includes whether, at times, we actually need help to look after ourselves. It’s worth taking some time out to review the things you’re dealing with right now. Are you struggling along unnecessarily? Are there Earth Angels waiting in the sidelines to help you? Why make life more challenging with yourself when all you need to do really, is choose to allow yourself to be helped when you need it most? Is not choosing to ask for help a more responsible thing to do than struggle along?