Exhale ... and breath in kindness.
I can breath again.
After months of searching I have found a real job. I worked part time in retail, but at $7.00 an hour, and 10-14 hours a week, it wasn't much help.
I was offered a great opportunity to volunteer my time at a physicians office, learning the basics of medical records and office help. (This is the field in which I wanted to enter.) From there, I was referred to a Urology Center for employment.
I interviewed yesterday and received the call offering me the position last night. It is a great position with great pay and benefits.
I have to say how lucky I am. If it had not been for the fact that Connie offered me the opportunity to volunteer in her office, I would have never got my foot in the door. She and her staff were wonderful in allowing me to watch, ask questions, and learn.
The amazing thing is, I don't think Connie has any idea how very valuable this opportunity was. She has done it in the past for others, and it doesn't always work out. It is a true act of kindness and good faith that many of us rarely see from people.
To then refer me for employment to another office, and in a way staking your reputation on that referral, that is almost unheard of.
My point to this blog is this; heartfelt acts of kindness do change lives. And although it can go unappreciated from time to time, and may even be a risk, it is something we should all try to do when and where we can.
I have personally been blessed on several occasions by people who just randomly give of themselves this way. And I try to pass it on. My gift may not be as "large" as those I have received, BUT, it is always as much as I can do/give and you never know how what seems little to you can greatly effect the life of those you offer it to.
So in what seems to be a very cutthroat world, remember, kindness does go a very long way, even further than we can forecast.
After months of searching I have found a real job. I worked part time in retail, but at $7.00 an hour, and 10-14 hours a week, it wasn't much help.
I was offered a great opportunity to volunteer my time at a physicians office, learning the basics of medical records and office help. (This is the field in which I wanted to enter.) From there, I was referred to a Urology Center for employment.
I interviewed yesterday and received the call offering me the position last night. It is a great position with great pay and benefits.
I have to say how lucky I am. If it had not been for the fact that Connie offered me the opportunity to volunteer in her office, I would have never got my foot in the door. She and her staff were wonderful in allowing me to watch, ask questions, and learn.
The amazing thing is, I don't think Connie has any idea how very valuable this opportunity was. She has done it in the past for others, and it doesn't always work out. It is a true act of kindness and good faith that many of us rarely see from people.
To then refer me for employment to another office, and in a way staking your reputation on that referral, that is almost unheard of.
My point to this blog is this; heartfelt acts of kindness do change lives. And although it can go unappreciated from time to time, and may even be a risk, it is something we should all try to do when and where we can.
I have personally been blessed on several occasions by people who just randomly give of themselves this way. And I try to pass it on. My gift may not be as "large" as those I have received, BUT, it is always as much as I can do/give and you never know how what seems little to you can greatly effect the life of those you offer it to.
So in what seems to be a very cutthroat world, remember, kindness does go a very long way, even further than we can forecast.
posted by Cindy at 9:46 AM
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