Learning To Be Served

What are you missing when you refuse kindness from others?

In my home state of Minnesota, we produce rugged, self-sufficient folks. As descendants of the fiercely independent Swedes and Norwegians, we never ask for help. In fact, asking for help or even accepting help is called whining. So if someone offers to serve us, we politely but firmly refuse.Thus, our tongue-in-cheek visitor's guide, How to Talk Minnesotan,