A patient
went to a hospital and spent so much time telling the doctor so many complaints.
When he finished, he was expecting a long list of drugs. Alas, he got a few
vitamins and pain relief drugs. He thought to himself: ‘These few drugs for all
the complaints I made.’ Another day, he went to the same doctor and he had fewer
and specific complaints. To his so surprise, the doctor wrote so many drugs for
him. He was concerned. So, he went back to the doctor to complain:
Patient: Please,
doctor last time I came, I gave you many complaints and yet you gave me a few
drugs. Today, I had a few complaints and yet you gave me so many drugs. Why?
Doctor: Last
time you came, you didn't know what was wrong with you and hence I didn't know
what to write for you except a few vitamins. But today, you knew what was wrong
and I knew what to treat you for.
Lesson: We
often ask for help from ours who are in a position to help. There are times
when we don’t know what we want but we ask anyway. Even when the other person
wants to help, he/she is not clear on what to do to help. Before asking for
help, it helps to have a grasp of what the problem is. Be clear in your mind
what the problem is and what you need. Don’t just ask for the sake of asking. Even
when we pray for God to help, we should be specific on what we want. It won’t
make us get everything we want but it helps anyway.
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