Inspiration

Below is the primary inspiration for the TakeMyTroubles community. Please read the story, stop and think about what happened. How did the main character feel and how did others see the main character?

Here is a small, yet an important variation of the Trouble Tree fable.

Honestly, I do not know which version is the original. Since the story is by an “unknown author” it may have gone through a transformation. If you know the history of the fable, let us know. We can provide reference. Regardless, the addition of asking someone, something, a higher power, God, for help and support is I believe, important in the process of dealing with troubles. The act of asking begins to distance and separate you from the trouble itself. The simple step of asking detaches the trouble from you. You may physically feel a difference, as if a “weight has been lifted off your shoulders”, thinking more clearly.

Like in the Trouble Tree story, you may temporarily put aside the trouble or consider the trouble's significance compared to other things. Or possibly like in the story, you can remove the negative emotions you previously felt with the trouble. Therefore you can function more effectively, lovingly, as if the trouble was not there.

Although the main character in the story dropped off his troubles at the tree and freed himself to be an effective loving father and husband, he still has a flat tire, his electric saw needs fixing, and his truck needs repair. Each one of these troubles can have a negative cascading effect and cause more difficulties of large expenses, loss income, etc. But a flat tire is a flat tire: nothing more, nothing less. How you interpret and deal with the flat tire is up to you. It is in your power to get angry, frustrated, blame the world. Or you can choose to stop and reflect what is happening, see the flat tire as an opportunity to ask others for assistance, take the bus, ride the bike, or simply get the tire fixed and move on, or whatever you want to make of the situation. The flat tire is a neutral event. It is what it is. How you deal with it, is your choice.

Yes a flat tire is a tiny problem compared to other grave and horrific situations. But in the modern western world the majority of people’s day to day troubles are those which we have control over its affect and influence over us. TakeMyTroubles is a safe vehicle you can use to get help and give help in controlling and dealing with troubles.

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