Day Twenty Two - Service

Today was an emotionally taxing day for me. I had an opportunity to serve someone I admire a lot, but the service I gave affected me more than I thought it would. At the time, making the choice was not only easy, but felt like the right thing to do. But as I said goodbye to the individual I had helped, a feeling of weight settled over me. For a while I thought it was because of the promise of help I had given to this individual. As the day went on though, I've come to realize that perhaps by providing the listening ear, I was able to actually take some of the burden off that person, and internalize a bit of it myself.

In my journey I'm on, I realize that there a number of you who have helped to bear the burdens I'm struggling with. Some of you I've known for many years. Some have come into my life fairly recently. And some of you have known me forever, and understand the family bonds that keep us strong, even when things are difficult. In the end, I feel like I am able to handle this new life I'm embarking on because I know that when I need a good cry, I've got a great safety net to fall back on. So for the second blog day in a row, thank you, thank you for who each of you are, and for the part you play in my life!