Big Hearts

Yesterday, I met someone with a Big Heart.
Interesting how Big Hearted people always seem to cross
my path.
Having a Big Heart is a gift, a talent, a higher ability,
that enables you to CARE.
To sense a need and feel compelled to meet it - that’s us.
Us Big Hearters are Special People, Mothers, Fathers, Carers - the world needs us.
Sadly, most people with Big Hearts don’t know what to do with their special ability.
They gravitate into the Caring professions: nursing, teaching, social work, prisons, special needs, homes, elderly etc.
Like musicians, who are tempted to practice their art for free and for the love of it, Big Hearted people also end up being abused by the very system they have aligned themselves to, doing too much, neglecting themselves, working long hours, for little pay, no recognition, no praise.
Taken for granted, working weekends, buying their own supplies.
They find themselves swamped by paperwork instead of doing what they really love and are naturally good at.
No wonder so many teachers suffer with stress, so many nurses get run down, exhausted.
The hardest thing for us Big Hearts, is protecting our heart.
My heart is my most precious commodity. To have enough self respect to NOT give my heart to just anyone.
To see a need, observe pain, and not meet it, is heartbreaking, but sometimes necessary, to protect ourselves.
The luckiest of us are those who get paid to care for people. Now that’s a wonderful combination, to do what you love and are naturally gifted at, and be paid for it!
Let’s have some respect shall we, for the Big Hearted people who care in this world, and who care for this world.