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By Dr James Dobson We can learn a valuable lesson from the glider pilots who soar through the skies. From my office, I can see air force pilots train. The yellow training gliders have immense wing spans and seem to ride the wind effortlessly. But eventually, the pilots exhaust the currents and they have to come down. The only way they can soar again is to be tethered behind a powered aircraft . If the trainee in the glider didn’t accept help, he would never get off the ground. Yet if that student remained tethered to the tow plane, there would never be a successful flight . Author and single mum Sandra Aldrich refers to this delicate balance in her book From One Single Mum to Another. She said: “In the early days of our singlehood, it’s often difficult to find the balance between letting friends help and leaning on them.” It’s a tough balance to be sure, but perhaps this picture of a glider being pulled aloft will encourage single parents to accept help when it’s needed and...

Image via Wikipedia By Dr James Dobson Is your family soaring above the clouds right now, or are you weighed down by activities, appointments, and acquisitions? My friend tells the story of the first hot air balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean . When the men piloting the magnificent balloon were just off the coast of Ireland , they became caught in a heavy cloud cover and ice began to form on the balloon's outer shell. They lost altitude , dropping quickly. The crew did everything they could to save the balloon. Finally, at nine-hundred metres , they broke through into sunlight . Something like this scenario is repeated in far too many homes today. Our altimeter says we're sinking because we continue to add activities and stretch ourselves to the limit. Instead of adding, there's a time to cut back, to spend more time at home. Then we can soar above the clouds, unencumbered by the things that weigh us down. From TODAY, Voices – Thursday, 01-Oct-2009 Related articles by...