Thanks for riffing on the metaphor :)

A lesson I can't remember where I learned, but that has really stuck with me, is on the power of asking for things. Not the "you can't get stuff if you don't ask for it" takeaway, although there's a lot of truth to that, too. (There's a Benjamin Franklin story about this I can't locate atm which is also worth reading.) But in the less-well-understood sense of "letting people help you is a gift to them."

For people like you -- who give more than they ask for -- it can be amazingly powerful to let others be of service. You should try it and report back :)