We graduated two young ladies from a program I work on yesterday. A couple months ago, one of our young ladies told us that her whole family was telling her that she would never graduate high school and couldn't do it so she should just give up. I was stunned because she's one of the smartest girls we've worked with but struggles due to her PTSD diagnosis. She graduated from high school a few weeks ago and beamed with pride showing us her diploma. During her graduation speech yesterday, she thanked us for believing in her when no one else did and for caring about her when she didn't care about herself. It's one of the most heartfelt thank you's I've ever received.
Just a little reminder that it feels really damn good to build people up instead of tear them down.
Just a little reminder that it feels really damn good to build people up instead of tear them down.