Man - it's been a week... Learning to Change

As I look at the calendar and remember it's Friday, I draw in a long breath of relief and exhale all the weight I've been carrying this week. To say I'm looking forward to the weekend is the biggest understatement of the century.

It wasn't a typical workweek by far, and a large part of me is more than glad it's over. Sure, I could have been frustrated that my coworker was out of town and my boss wasn't there to help, so I was left on my own to handle things at the clinic - a task that at the beginning of the week felt a little too much to handle.

But what you need to know is that my coworker was with her dad who was having surgery, his second in months, and it comes at the end of his battle with cancer which he fought and won.

So, I wished them all the best, sent up a prayer for healing for her dad and strength for her as she helped him through it. Then I sent up a silent thank you for the memories I have with my own dad and how grateful to have been loved by him.

My boss? On the heels of her love's mom passing away a few days earlier, her own daughter tested positive for COVD, forcing their entire family into quarantine for two weeks. As if the weight of the world wasn't already on her shoulders - trying to keep a business afloat amidst a COVD closure for months and then struggling to expand upon reopening. I can't imagine how hard that must be trying to carry it all and not let it overwhelm you.

So, I wished her the best, sent up a prayer of healing for her daughter, prayed she wouldn't get sick herself, that her family would be comforted during this time of grieving, and that she would have the strength to make it through and find a moment's peace amongst the chaos life seems to be raining down on her family. Then, I sent up a silent prayer of thanks for my own health, that my family is healthy and happy, and how grateful I am for my job and for those I love - the ones I'm going to pull just a little closer today, hug just a little tighter, and tell them I love them with all my heart and I never want them to go.

And the clinic I was running by myself for a couple of days? The more people that came in, hurting emotionally, frustrated beyond belief, and in more pain than I've ever experienced in my life, my heart began to soften. My mind and eyes began to open to see into the hearts of those who were hurting.

So, as I reflect on this week I thought would be to difficult to handle on my own, I realize I wasn't on my own at all.

I am humbled and thankful for my job as I remember why I chose to become a part of the medical field in the first place.

It was the reminder I needed to put things into perspective - that but for the Grace of God go I.

That kindness and compassion are sometimes all that's needed to make a difference in the lives of someone else.

That sometimes, those things are all that's needed to enact the change in people's hearts, to bring about the change we wish to see in this world.

What are you doing today, right here, right now, to be the light, the smile, the change this world so desperately needs?

I challenge you to Lead with Kindness.

To Lead with Compassion.

To Be the Light.

And above all else, to BE the change you wish to see!

All My Love,

~ Sadie