We all need friends like that who can be our voices of reason to help us slow down a bit.
Some of my friends at work have been telling me so...but, a lot of times they are doing so with alternative motives behind them because they would like the extra hours themselves.....
Some of my other friends have been telling me so...and, not that it goes on deaf ears, but how else am I going to be able to pay the bills??
I am underpaid and overworked...
I am taken advantaged of my good nature...
I am with the philosophy of willingness to work hard in order to help out...
Sometimes, it just takes a friend that isn't so close to a situation to make more sense (somehow) than others and offer that much needed voice of reason. Not just telling me not to work so hard but provide the logic behind it that I know, but is nice to hear it being re-enforced in my mind.
Wanting to thank one friend, in particular, in helping me get through this past week. Without his continued support for being there this week, I was liable to have aggravated my illness further by trying to find some way to be continuing to work in spite of my not being able to have much a voice left (literally) to speak up at work, which is a focal point of my duties at work.
He will know who he is when he reads this blog posting; however, he may never realize how much I do admire him for his continued friendship and support. It is what I try to do myself when I am friends to others; I only hope that I will be able to repay him in some way some day for bringing me to a bit of reality and being my voice of reason.
Thank you from the deepest reserves of my heart!!
