I received an unexpected thank you from a mentee a few weeks ago – a thoughtful gift and card thanking me for my efforts as her EMT preceptor. That same week and for several weeks prior, I had been feeling burnt out and exhausted from doing too much. I felt unmotivated, uninspired and spread far too thin. Little did she know that her simple gesture of thanks would be enough to reverse a temporary but trying downward spiral.
Several years earlier, a similar situation took place. While considering a resignation from the volunteer agency I’ve loved for most of my adult life, I received a lengthy, hand-written note and flowers from the mother of a young man who had recently taken his own life… READ MORE
