Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Solutions to problems don’t always work. A person can change the world by being available to another no matter the outcome.

The situation is fairly common. One person comes to another with a situation that requires some assistance. The second person provides instruction for the situation. The first person is about to go their way, when the second person changes the world by saying:

If that doesn’t work, call me back and we can try some other things that might work. Here is how to contact me.

Life isn’t predictable. Solutions to problems don’t always work, even if those same solutions have solved those same problems many times before. Someone who provides the if-that-doesn’t-work response is anticipating those odd circumstances. They are also telling the other person:

I am available

Being available to another person changes the world.