Sheila was pretty much impressed with the work of her friend and she not only admired her but also accepted that the friend did it much better than Sheila herself. Subsequent to this, her friends started unpacking books and began to keep them at the right place, i.e., in the shelf.
After such hectic work, break for having meals was a must and everyone sat where they got place to sit. One of her friends was keeping her dinner plate on the DVD player but who would ask her to leave that, Sheila would not be doing that at least!
Sheila was not just impressed but very happy as well after seeing the condition of her apartment. She loved the way her friends barged in and the manner in which they took control of all the things was just awesome. She was embarrassed for first 10 minutes but after that, she also adjusted with them.
Sheila was at pretty loss of words when she faced the husband of her friend, who is a man of few words and tough resilient man. It is not easy to say thank you to everyone, especially those who worked and made things easy for her without saying or expecting anything.
The friend’s husband understood very clearly what Sheila wanted to convey and that all happened with just a look. He saw the look, understood it and also told Sheila as to what they did today was just barn-raising. Well, some people use fewer words to convey a lot of things.
Sheila feels that asking for help or advice has a factor of shame and helplessness but her friends are the best as they never asked; they just came and did whatever was necessary. While asking for help makes you feel unworthy, the manner in which her friends came made her feel important.