Patience Persistence Presence and Passion

"You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself." Glinda the good witch Did you go through a tough time of caring for someone to find out that they became a very good friend? This is something that we get when we are committed to the call to care. This is what you call real relationships which usually have the opportunity to include friction, adversity and challenge. The best of relationships are those which have stood the test of opposition and challenge. Some may think that having a challenging patient is just not the right person for you but it may be the very person to help you to understand how to care for a difficult person. Caring for a difficult person may lead the care giver to tap into the real gift within to enjoy the gift that they were meant to be. Reaching into your own personhood to care for your patient is not something that most people want to do. reaching in to see yourself is not always a pretty sight. In fact, when looking a character identifications learning about your strengths also carries along with it the pain of facing your own weaknesses. No challenge to your inner person brings no deep reflection to what moves you which results in your ability to fly on auto-pilot. Adapting to the frailties of our own psyche is what we do to make it from one day to the next. Facing the challenge of a difficult patient makes us dig deep enough to see what changes need to be made in our own character in order for the gift inside to make more of a difference. Hard to believe? Just think of it, the athlete, who has the gift of speed, endurance and flexibility still needs to push him or herself in order to become more of what they already are. This is true for any gift inside a person who wants more from their inner person. The word from Glinda the Good is wise instruction for anyone who desires to be fully able and efficient to perform what they believe they have been gifted to do. Facing the challenge helps you to be more. Don't leave that client, dig deep within for the person who you are made to be. Go beyond what you are capable of adapting to, pour your energy into being what you can be and doing what you can do. Dare to be better than you are to become more of what you can be. "You've always had the power to do this my friend, you just had to learn it for yourself."