I know that I complain about my job a lot, and it is stressful. BUT, every now and then I get knocked off my feet by something someone says to me. I was working with a charity organizer and he mentioned he knew a former client of mine. I just smiled. He then looked at me, in the eye, and said You know, you saved his/her life. I laughed because that could not possibly be true. I am a lowly family lawyer. Everyone hates family lawyers. All we do is deal with the nastiness of life as a Real Estate lawyer told me once. In the legal profession, we are considered silly/crazy for not choosing lucrative corporate law. The man then explained to me that before I handled this case that included very serious allegations that could have ruined the clients life, (but I knew were false) that the clients church held hands and prayed over me the Sunday before Trial. My client was exonerated and life went back to normal (after I vomited in the bushes during lunch over anxiety that I might lose). The minister then told me that he though I was a Guardian Angel sent to do Gods work. I do not agree that I am a Guardian Angel, but I have no shame in saying that I feel everyday that I do Gods work. I help the ones who cannot ever pay me and it is the most satisfying work I have ever done. Foster children and homeless women have never been profitable clients. So, I am feeling very content today that when I die, my legacy will be that I made at least one persons life better and saved a parent/child relationship. That should be put on my gravestone!
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:28:14 +0000
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