What should you do when a friend sends flowers out of the blue because you said you were stressing about a number of things, most of them out of your control?

And later in the week, after you’ve thanked her for the flowers she offers to come and help you do the fall cleanup in your gardens because the job seems so large and you just don’t have the energy to complete it alone.

Even though she has yardwork of her own.

What should you do? You thank her again, but that seems inadequate. And you can reassure her that you’ve (sort of) got the stuff you have control over figured out, and you’re going to try hard not to worry about the stuff you can’t fix.

But mostly, in honor of your friend, you should remind yourself that there are still really good people out there in the world, ready to drop their lives and hop on over to yours if you need help. And that you should probably ask for help more often.

And you should keep an eye open for someone else out there that might need help too, and emulate her friendship.

Thank you friend. You know who you are. I appreciate you very much.