It feels good to pay back favors. So some of you (or one of you) know that I moved into a new place a week ago. My oldest sister moved this same week. I moved first and both my sisters helped me a lot.
I have to say, this is my sixth move since 1995 when I moved out of the board & care and I moved into my middle sisters condo and stayed there for three years. None of my moves have been smooth but they were all manageable. but I dropped the ball on this move. I made many mistakes and acted somewhat irresponsibly. I was under VERY much stress and I cracked under pressure. From not getting enough boxes to not putting in a timely “change of address”, and a myriad of other mistakes. My sisters were both worried about me. I turned apathetic and confused. I was very disappointed in myself.
I’ve been here a week and I’m still making mistakes, still stressed. I’ll leave it that. But I still helped my sister move out of her apartment into her new apartment despite my problems. But I thought that she helped me more than I helped her.
But after I was in my new place I felt guilty for needing so much help and I told my oldest sister that I would treat her to dinner for helping me so much. She said, “You don’t have to do that, you helped me more than you know”. And those simple words meant a lot to me.
I just wanted to say that. The old cliché is true, “When you help someone else, you are also helping yourself”.