When you're helped, you might feel apologetic. You might feel like you're the only one who can't manage.
But society isn't made only of people who can do everything alone. People with strengths support, people in trouble receive, and on different days the positions switch.
Receiving Is Also Mutual Support
When you receive help, the helper's strength becomes useful. For the helper too, it can be a moment of feeling, "I was useful."
Being helped isn't proof of weakness. It's also entering the circle of mutual support.
Thank, Then Pass It On
If you receive help, say thank you. The next time you can help someone, do so. Help doesn't end there — it travels to the next person.
People who can receive help can later become helpers more easily. They've felt the safety of being helped, so they notice other people's worries more easily too.
Recall one time you were helped, and think of something you can do for someone next.
At Digital Kodomo BASE, we value both helping and being helped. Mutual support sometimes grows from the act of receiving.