Hi deana - I see what you mean. Oh, I would never advocate
  sitting back and letting everyone else take care of things all
  of the time. What I'm referring to is when you're a doer,
  learning when to do - when to take charge - and when to say
  "this time its better to not do until help is requested" - is an
  important distinction to learn. I'm starting to learn it now -
  that there's a time to help and ...a time to wait and let
  someone else take charge. You did the 100% right thing - but if
  someone was drowning and I couldn't swim, for me to jump in
  would make the situation worse than if threw a rope, called 911,
  ran around finding someone better qualified to assist, etc. But
  if I could swim then I would jump right in and help without
  hesitation. Know your abilities, and do what your strong points
  are, and know when you're not in charge and when yo... "