So this week I have a quote from one of my favorite games, Dragon Age: Inquisition. The quote is actually by my least favorite character in the game but the words are so true for myself as a helper and advocate and for others in every day real life, hence the title of my quote this week: What Matters.
I wrote another post about my gaming geek out these past couple of weeks as it is something I really needed to do for myself and Dragon Age: Inquisition was the game I used for this task. You can read all about it HERE if you are interested.
As you can see from the above quote, I feel that it makes perfect sense. At least it does for me. As an advocate, I don’t always get appreciation or get remembered but also as a parent. How many times have we parents gone unnoticed for the things we do? There are many things my kids don’t remember me doing for them. Let’s extend that to teachers, fireman, EMT’s. The list goes on. We do what we do because we care and not because we want or need recognition for it.
As parents and teachers I feel this is the most true as we care for young ones. We care about them and especially when we have to discipline them, we get smart remarks and told we are mean. I heard this recently with Conner as I wouldn’t buy him an expensive toy just after I bought him another toy. Teachers hear this too when they assign something that the children don’t want to do. We go unappreciated but the above quote humbles me whenever I start to have doubts about why I do what I do.
I think this is especially true for teachers as they teach so many children and only a handful of those children will go on to remember them. I remember only a few teachers who left either a positive or negative impact on my life but they are only a few. As a former preschool teacher’s aid, I can remember certain children who I grew attached to but to expect them to remember me? For what? I remember what I did for them but they were between the ages of 2 and 4. Those kids are in their early 20’s now and they definitely wouldn’t recognize me if they saw me on the streets. But isn’t the point of doing it to help others and not get the recognition? Doesn’t it make the job that much more worth while because you know you helped, regardless of whether or not they remember you?
When I worked as a counselor/advocate, I worked on the hotline and the people who called in to talk to me about their darkest moments in life and seek counsel from me, a total stranger, whose first name is the only thing they knew about me, don’t remember me. This is perfectly fine to me. I didn’t do that job to be remembered. I did it because I wanted to help. That’s what the character, Cole speaks about. He is a spirit who no one remembers after he helps them. He prefers it that way and the quote speaks to me on that level as well. What about you? Does this quote touch you in your life?
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