If we try to pick up a hundred pound weight with our left hand, and find we are unable to do so, we think nothing of using both hands to lift the weight. We would never give up trying to lift the weight merely because it was too heavy for our left hand alone.

Yet when it comes to carrying the burden of life, many of us refuse help from others, preferring to "do it myself". If, however, we truly are "One", then every other being is just another part of "Self", just as both hands are part of our bodies. Keeping the job to "myself" is keeping "myself" separate from all other selves, and thus keeping us from knowing our "Oneness".

It is just at these times, when we feel the ego's need to "do it myself" that we can consciously choose to see things differently, to over-ride our past programming. To reach out to another, to accept help from another part of Self, is not weakness, it is strength.

By this conscious act, accepting help from another, we give the gift of acceptance to another. By allowing them to be strong for us, they see their strength, and we see the strength of our higher Self in them. Their gratitude for our acceptance of them shows us that we are indeed worthy of their help, also elevating our Self in our own minds.

Thus, at our most trying times, we see that "All works together for good", for what we saw as our "troubles" are merely our opportunity to expand our consciousness to include others, elevating our awareness of One Self, of Love.