Coping Skills: Serve

[ysabetwordsmith]

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list of coping skills.

8. Serve someone in need.

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-ways-helping-others-will-improve-your-life.html

https://zenhabits.net/25-ways-to-help-a-fellow-human-being-today/

https://youthcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/101-ways-to-volunteer.pdf

Comments

[pronker]

This is nice and timely for me today because I wanted to help a man just doing his duty.

Spouse berated the VA van driver for not dropping him off at the shopping center after the clinic appointment. This went on for about 15 minutes of the 25 minute drive back home, with the driver coolly pointing out that he wasn't going to bend the rules of delivery curb to curb no matter how much Spouse, a former attorney, pointed out "logic" (it was on the way home, Spouse wouldn't tell Driver's boss, our car is out of commission, etc.) Spouse is beyond reason many times with dementia and Driver noted "there's an in car camera going and a microphone, too", which a sign inside the cabin said, but it sailed right over Spouse's head. Upon arriving home, Driver helped unload Spouse and scooter, and Spouse took off down the road towards the grocery; I wanted to follow on my bike because Spouse got lost last week when he zoomed ahead of me to a neighborhood place he'd been to many times, but I also wanted to thank the driver for staying strong, which I did.