You Don't Have To Work Directly With Those In Need To Help Them

[MainerMikeBrown]

Some folks who want to help people think they must directly work with those in order to make a difference in their lives. However, that's not true.

Take a mental health agency, for example. You have psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and others who directly work with those struggling with mental illness and addiction issues. However, the seceratries at these agencies are also making a difference even though they don't deal with the clients as much as the doctors and therapists do.

Why?

Because without the secerataries helping the shrinks, those same shrinks wouldn't be able to do as good of a job.

This is just one example of those working behind the scenes being just as important as those who directly work with people in need.

 

[Accountable]

Oh okay. When I saw the title, I was curious what you were going to suggest. I agree with you. There are tons of ways to help for those without a professional degree.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

Being a part of a team that helps people is a good feeling. And by working behind the scenes where you help those directly working with others, your making a difference.

Sure some folks who are helped will recognize the only the person they worked with as the person who made a difference in their lives and not those working behind the scenes. But so what? The bottom line is the entire team contributed, including you.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

It's great that their are those who like to help others.

However, if you like to help people, either directly or indirectly, you have to take care of yourself as well. If you work to hard at trying to help people, you'll burn yourself out. That's why it's good to take breaks and do activities that have nothing to do with helping people. After all, the most important person in the world is you.

Besides, how are you going to be effective at helping others if your burned out from trying to help others?

 

[Joe the meek]

I'd like to help some people off a tall building.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

Although helping others isn't completely altruisitc, there's still a lot of altruism involved.