There's a thing going around Facebook now (isn't there always) challenging people to name three things they are grateful for every day for 7 days. I enjoy this sort of thing so I think I'll share some of the things I'm grateful for in my life as a massage therapist:
- I get to meet a wide variety of people. We all tend to move in circles of people who are like us, work in the same fields, or live in the same neighborhoods. I've gotten to meet people I would never have met otherwise.
- I'm always challenged to learn more. I'm 14 years into being a massage therapist. When I was 14 years into my previous career (technical writing) I was headed straight for burnout. In massage therapy, on the other hand, there's always something new to learn, understand, and be better with. I doubt I'll ever feel like I've learned everything I need to learn. I've got three training classes planned for the next 6 months: scar release for the torso, lymph drainage level 1, and Reiki level 1.
- I have become a better person. I invite everyone who comes into my massage room to tell me the truth about their life, their pain, their frustrations, and how they want things to really be. I hear things. I have had to become the kind of person that can hear many things, respect them, and (most importantly) keep them to myself.
- I've developed a more mature reasonable relationship with my own body. Gotta practice what I preach, after all.
- People are always glad to see me. I couldn't necessarily say that when I was a technical writer!
- And, damn, I spend my days making people happy. If that's not a good way to live, I don't know what is.
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