Empowerment

This week has been exciting with the new information. One of our classes spoke on empowerment in working with clients in social services. I am excited to learn that social services is serving from an empowerment standpoint. I am a true believer of empowering individuals. It's all about calling out the gold in someone, people know their weaknesses. They know the dirt in their lives, it's a little more challenging to see the treasures. We have an opportunity to reveal the treasures in their lives. What an awesome job! We Might be the one person in their lives that is telling them good instead of the negative.

For me in my life, I would have loved to have someone bringing light through empowerment to my ircumstance. I felt alone, yet I was strong. I was resilient. I had tenacity. I had a great family who was struggling. I needed outside input to point these things out. I believe if that would have happened when I was a teenager, I would not have made so many bad choices for so many years. I thought tht no one cared about me so why should I care about myself. I believe it would have taken just one person to pull me up, to empower me, encourage me and help me to see all the good in my life instead of all the bad happening around me.

As I grew older, I began to have people around me who encouraged me which in turn empowered me.

So, to encourage each of you future social workers, you never know what an encouraging word will do for a young person. Empowering a child or an adult who has no hope can change
 their life forever!! Always share from your heart, have compassion, never be judgemental and love, love love what you do. Because each and every day, change is happening in the lives we touch. May be little or it may be big, but nevertheless, it is change. :)