Advocate Health Healing

“I’m the greatest!” “This is the best piece of writing ever written!” Said no one ever. Lest they be ‘full of themselves’ or labeled pretentious. We are conditioned to downplay our talents, abilities and skills. We build up one another but rarely our own selves. Take some time today to reflect about your work. Be proud. Look back 5 years, how far have you come? Remind yourself why you wanted to get into advocating. How many lives (family and your own included) have changed for the better since you began advocating? For advocates already dealing with overcoming low self-esteem, it may not register when others praise and value your work. You may minimize their praise to a brushed off “well anyone could do it.” But anyone doesn’t do it, you do it. Maybe all you do is answer phones. For the survivor on the other end who may have spent years trying to pick up the phone and make that call, hearing your voice on the other end is monumental. Maybe you started your own organization and got lost in paperwork and the red tape of running a business or there’s such a need to become more of a j-o-b. Take some time to notice that all around you is your dream being realized, now not only for you but your employees and volunteers who have employment and purpose. You plant the seeds of inspiration with people you serve whether they come in once or return. You’re awesome!