Career Advice Talk

Give Life

13th June, 2007 - Posted by Robin Ogden -

Here’s a heart-warming article that was written by a really great career coach. Enjoy - it’s a ‘true story’…

Give Life

Sometimes answers to prayers come in the strangest way. I’ve been feeling really discouraged lately about a couple clients. Their challenges go beyond the scope of Career Consulting and into the realm of life long setbacks and loss of hope.

In a quandary and feeling powerless, I heard a voice in the hallway. “This is the most beautiful Split Leaf Philodendron I’ve every seen.” I looked back to see a lady in a blue shirt from the plant care service.

I loved to talk about “Fred” (my Split Leaf Philodendron), so I left my melancholy state to share that I inherited “him” from my Grandmother Bold. “I have a ‘split-leaf’ too, but it’s not as nice as yours” she said.

She shared a quick story about a long stint of down turns and unemployment and then finding her passion for plants through an ad in the Newspaper.

She went on to tell me - “I saw a lonely pot with a dried up root ball in one of the offices I serviced a while back,” she continued to explain about how she acquired her plant. “I decided to give it a ‘courtesy water’. The next time I went back I did the same. And week after week I watched it come back to life. One day I was told the original owner had quite and wouldn’t return. They told me I could take it home. I continued to care for it as it was transplanted from a 6” to 12” to 15” pot and up. It’s now about 4 ft tall.”

My eyes welled up as she spoke. Silly, but I was thinking about my clients and how I was ready to give up. Her name was Rosa . The lady in the blue shirt said just what I needed to hear. Between the lines I heard “keep watering”, “keep feeding”, “keep hoping” “and leave the rest to me” and as I reached out to shake her hand, I looked at the emblem on her blue shirt and it said, “give life”.

Author – Carol Emerson, Career Coach

Posted by Robin Ogden - FiredUP Careers

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