Sometimes no matter how hard you work
And how hard you try
You just seem to fall short
Financially or spiritually or emotionally or physically
And you need some help
And sometimes you’re too afraid to ask
Because asking means conceding defeat
But people,
Out of kindness or love or simple pure awesome
Just reach out and say
I’m going to help you
Like the time(s) when my mum gave up everything so I could have what I needed
Like the time I didn’t have enough money to go to drama school and my dear friend said
Here is what you need
And the time I was in drama school and wondered how I was going to pay the rest of my fees and live in London and a stranger said
Let me help you and gave me a scholarship
And the time I was in NYC and my phone didn’t work and people who I’d met literally the day before gave me their phone
And the time when my boyfriend was tired and needed him time and still waited in line with me and gave me an extra kiss and held my hand and told me
It’s all going to be ok
And you have to keep going
You have to keep trying
And then you have to let go
And sometimes ask for a hand
And it helps
When the kindness of strangers of friends of family
Of people whose paths cross over yours
Extends outward and
Takes a weight off your shoulders and helps you along the way
And reminds you that there is love and light and kindness in this world
Even if it sounds cliched
And all you can do is say thank you
And hope it sounds as sincere as you want it to
And hold in your heart that one day you’ll repay it all back ten thousand fold
The end.
