A Facebook post from a home care aide has gone viral, describing an unexpected moment that happened while visiting a patient’s house. Read her post below.
I have never felt so ungrateful in my life as I have today.
Someone once told me, it doesn’t matter what you have now because as a human you’ll always have the mindset that it’s not enough and you need or want more. Lately I have been so upset because I wanted the material things in life. Shoes, a new car, etc.
I am a personal care aide, (at home nurse). I take care of people with all types of conditions. I was at my clients home this morning and one of the jobs he asked me to do for him was clean his fridge. I opened it and this is what I saw. Seeing this, I quickly turned over and asked who buys his food. He pointed at himself and looked down as if he was ashamed.
He said ‘I buy food when I have the money.’
I cried. I have never seen a fridge so empty in my life. THANK MY LORD. . . All of a sudden I realized how my needs are WANTS and his wants are NEEDS. You have to eat to live of course. I cleaned his fridge and left when my shift was over but when I got in my car I knew I COULD NOT GO HOME knowing all of this.
I used my income tax money to fill his fridge as much as I could. This is a post to show there are so many people out there that have it worse than we do. I opened my eyes and realized I need to stop being so mad about what I don’t have and start appreciating what I do have.”
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