Mona Eltahawy Instagram – I hate to ask for help and yet how easily the woman sitting next to me on the plane asked me to hold her hand as we went through an especially rough patch of turbulence.
How brave to say “I am scared,” as the rest of us pretend otherwise.
Her husband, like the rest of us, had the strength equation back to front.
“She runs her own business and she’s used to traveling alone,” he said after she and I had unlaced our palms; she calmer, me still stunned by how easy it can be to ask for help.
As if he owed me an explanation for her effortless vulnerability.
As if I didn’t owe her an explanation for my inability to say “I, too, am scared.”
For the latest Wonder Chronicle, I reflect on how wonderful it can be to ask for help.
The Wonder Chronicles is a running series.
My goal: that you are found by wonder.
My wish: that you intensely live.
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https://www.feministgiant.com/p/the-wonder-chronicles-4 | Posted on 22/May/2024 18:00:12
