Asking for help allows others to show how much they care

Don’t be afraid to ask for help said indie queen, Amanda Palmer in her phenomenally successful Ted Talk. Ellie O’Byrne says reach out and you will be rewarded.

On the Luas, a young man dressed in the latest hipster garb anxiously pores over his smartphone. He keeps glancing at the station map above his head, growing more agitated as each stop comes and goes.

He flicks and swipes at his device, desperately seeking the correct station.