This is a big month for me. I am doing many talks across the U.S. I was doing a keynote in one city recently, and the people who brought me in to speak, asked me, “What made you get into this?” How does one explain the callings of your heart? I remember being a little girl growing up in a high poverty area, and I put together workshops to raise money for children crippled with polio. I got the neighborhood children to each do some kind of entertainment. I was the MC. We got all the parents and others in the neighborhood to come and they had to pay admission. I loved taking the money and putting it in an envelope to send off to help other children. I didn’t even think about the fact that I myself was poor and wore the same clothes to school every day because I had so few clothes.
Helping children has always been a part of my life. You who work with children, and you who are parents to children, you too are doing what you do for a purpose. I believe it is a higher purpose. It goes beyond money and paychecks to the heart. It is truly about making a difference for those children you reach.
Have a great day. You are a difference maker.
Maryln
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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1 comments:
I fell into childcare because it offered me the benefit of making money while getting a discount on tuition for my son.
It was not something I expected to be good at or to love so much.
As time passed, I realized that the bonds we make with the children are irreplacable and that the difference we make is immeasurable.
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