God help me see past the trivial.

Sunday afternoon, I was sitting in a lawn chair in front of one of the open bays of my shop dwelling on stressful things in my mind. Moving to a new house this week, moving the shop this weekend, getting these big projects done and out the door just in time, getting paid on these projects, cash flow, expanding the shop, capital equipment purchases, investors.........the list went on and on. I spoke verbally "God help me see past the trivial". A few minutes went by and the neighbor's son came over asking if I had a particular tool he could borrow. I happily obliged and returned to my chair and mental state. Then it hit me. Here I am sitting in front of a shop busting at the seams with tools, time enough to wallow and a neighbor that I know doesn't have much of any tools or financial resources to fix his car. The father works hard at two jobs to put his kids through school, provide for his family and just survive. What in the world am I doing sitting here? I asked myself. So, I hopped up and went over to lend a hand. I helped diagnose that his problem wasn't the radiator fan for which he had purchased a new one but simply the fan switch. My stepping up saved him a lot of time and a significant amount of money. When I got back to my chair, I realized God had responded to my prayer by presenting me with a situation of another individual and allowing me to look past my own. The next time you find yourself wallowing in your own self-induced pity party, crash that party by going and helping somebody else.