"A sense of belonging to something meaningful emerges as a result of being an EMT, which I love, along with adjacent feelings of esteem in being able to show up for people on what’s often the worst day of their life, self-forgetting by placing other people’s needs above my own, and a direct route to the language of the heart and soul."
As a nurse, I resonated strongly with this line! Self-forgetting is one of the things that I talk about the least, but is high on my list of favorite things about the job. Having my brain fully occupied by someone else's existence and needs (especially for 12 straight hours when I worked night shift) always felt like a relief.
Also - the Parting Glass makes me cry EVERY DAMN TIME.
"A sense of belonging to something meaningful emerges as a result of being an EMT, which I love, along with adjacent feelings of esteem in being able to show up for people on what’s often the worst day of their life, self-forgetting by placing other people’s needs above my own, and a direct route to the language of the heart and soul."
As a nurse, I resonated strongly with this line! Self-forgetting is one of the things that I talk about the least, but is high on my list of favorite things about the job. Having my brain fully occupied by someone else's existence and needs (especially for 12 straight hours when I worked night shift) always felt like a relief.
Also - the Parting Glass makes me cry EVERY DAMN TIME.