Beautiful souls.

When I was a young, working mom, I remember my own mother telling me that: "when we struggle to get to the top of a mountain, we have two choices:  1) to ignore others struggling behind us, or 2) to turn around and offer a hand to help them up."  This resonated pretty strongly with me because I wasn't seeing many other "working women" helping each other out.

Working in a heavily male-dominated field, I was so frustrated that the women who had struggled to the top of that food chain weren't holding out their hands.  It was so hard for me to remain soft and open-hearted in such a dog-eat-dog environment, but for the most part I think I have maintained my humanity in the shark-infested waters.

Seeing others and resonating with their pain is part of who I am.  If I can use the struggles I have experienced in my life to help another out?  I’m going to do so. It makes me feel like I've done something worthwhile ... something to change the world around me just a little bit for the good.