Emotional Mayhem

I've got a one-liner for you!  "That's not my thing!" Have you ever asked someone to help with a project, activity, or another important and vital function? Maybe you are the lead on a project for your company for the upcoming Christmas fund raiser for needy families in the community. Perhaps you oversee setting up monthly potlucks at your office. Your church has an annual outreach event that draws hundreds of folks. But, when you ask for help people suddenly "think" they are busy that day, or you get the proverbial, "That's not my thing." Most of us have experienced the steel anchor of weight on our shoulders when discouragement takes hold of us after we receive these refusals to support a worthy cause or event. I know my brain races to how friends will quickly respond to my text or email about getting together for lunch, but when I share there is a need to serve in some capacity, then suddenly I have been "ghosted." Perhaps I have s