on caring….

i’m often praised for the line of work i’m in but criticized for the amount of time and energy i put into caring for others. i’m not sure how i could do my job which entitles me to enter into the most traumatic times of peoples lives and only give half of my heart, time and care. i’m learning and have been for the past several years that self care must be a priority but i’m also learning that i have not quite mastered this concept. i often come home completely beat down emotionally and physically but somehow i’m able to wake up renewed to do it again the next day. i have to constantly remind myself that the families that i serve did not pick the situation that they are in but i did choose the career i’m in so i will proudly care for others with my entire heart and i will continue to exhaust myself in order to make positive differences and hopefully ease the lives of those who did not get to choose the path they ended up on.