A second set of hands

# Chapter 191

“I don’t have enough hands” my dad said. And he was right, it was at least a six hands kind of job, and we only had four between the two of us. We all face jobs and tasks and responsibilities where we “don’t have enough hands.” We need help. We need to figure out a way to create another set of hands. My dad is brilliant at this, with a rope, with tape, with a sawhorse or with a chain, he always figures out how to make another set of hands out of something handy and nearby. We ended up using tape yesterday to make another set of hands and we got the job done.

Of course making another set of hands is easier and more straight forward when we are talking about mechanicing or working on something in the physical world. But it can be more difficult when we are talking about relationships and child-rearing or something emotional or feelings or grief or elder care. There are plenty more options, choose your difficulty, but I would suggest that there are always another set of hands to be recruited, although they may not be as handy and nearby.

Here a second set of hands may be insight from a book, understanding from a friend, a conversation with your pastor, a system of IFTTT, a local charity or nursing service, a neighborhood collaboration, a TED talk or podcast, there are nearly endless possibilities where you might find a second set of hands, and sometimes a second set of hands is a mental configuration or idea. Sometimes we all need a second set of hands, no matter how talented we are or what we are capable of doing.