I have worked in jobs that generate a lot of praise. Take hospice nurse, for example. We are often compared to angels. In my current work I can guide people through crises when no one else can help or knows what to do. People can be effusive in their praise.
What I have worked through is this: I am blessed/fortunate to have skills I can use to help people. It is not my own doing, it came from wherever these things come from.
So I can say is the following: I am glad I could help you. Or: It is a blessing to me also to be able to help.
Simpler or more formal: It was my pleasure. Anytime. Happy to help.
The key for me was figuring out that my gift in helping others is a gift to me, to be used and valued. It doesn’t mean I’m special, or unique or something really super. It just is.
When I consider the things I do well as gifts, I can join others in appreciating them without me becoming central.
What I have worked through is this: I am blessed/fortunate to have skills I can use to help people. It is not my own doing, it came from wherever these things come from.
So I can say is the following: I am glad I could help you. Or: It is a blessing to me also to be able to help.
Simpler or more formal: It was my pleasure. Anytime. Happy to help.
The key for me was figuring out that my gift in helping others is a gift to me, to be used and valued. It doesn’t mean I’m special, or unique or something really super. It just is.
When I consider the things I do well as gifts, I can join others in appreciating them without me becoming central.
