The First Day of Retirement

 
Nursing has been a big part of my life for 42 years.  I would not have had it any other way.  My career has been a multi-layered journey of learning, serving, supporting, educating, comforting, questioning, and accepting the beauty of diversity.  I have learned the strongest element on earth is inner strength.  Serving and supporting others with the right mind set benefits the provider and recipient.  Educating and comforting can be combined to open someone's heart to learning what can really help them.  Questioning why things happen or why things are the way they are is human nature. We don't all see the same shade of blue when we look at the sky. However, we all share the reality that everyone's world has a sky. 

Common bonds can change the world two people at a time.  Find someone to share something positive with everyday, even if it is just a kind word.  Your world and theirs will be better.  Ask a nurse you know and they will tell you it is true.