Five Minute Friday: "Help."

 

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (KJV) - "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

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Did you know that no "self-help" book I've ever read has been labels as such?  In fact, the authors have said the exact opposite.  Effective books of this type are more "self-analysis" than "self-help."  They get you in a position where you understand yourself enough to know what kind of outside help you need.

So, what does one do in the midst of a pandemic and mandated isolation?   How does a person establish accountability that counts when they are alone?  That's my dilemma right now.  I had great accountability when I could work out at the community center on a regular basis (there were instructors and fellow patrons who were expecting me).  However, until they let us exercise without a mask, that's a no-go.  I really don't care what the "scientists" say, if I can't talk without getting out of breath wearing a mask, there no way I can exercise effectively in one.  I've tried setting up accountability with folks online, but they all play the mommy excuse pissing contest game and nothing gets done.

I hate this.  I hate having the flawed type of personality that requires outer accountability. This is the one time I wish "self-help" was actually a thing--where "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" was actually a one man operation. 

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