A heartfelt reflection on thirty years of wisdom, exploring how community, kindness, and compassion shape our careers and personal growth. Joy Gitau shares lessons from caregiving and her journey toward becoming a professional ballerina.
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About Joy
Joy Gitau serves as a caregiver for the elderly at her mother's adult family home, Joyous Hope, in Washington. She has held this role for about two years, assisting with daily activities, games, trivia, light cooking, music therapy, walks, and chair workouts to maintain residents' quality of life. Prior to this, she worked at a nursing home during COVID times for about a year, where she helped facilitate safe family visits. Joy holds an HCA certification that includes CPR training and has passed the Washington state test. In addition to her caregiving work, she has practiced ballet self-taught for about 10 years and enjoys blending it with other styles such as hip-hop. She also loves poetry, art, and painting. Gitau aspires to become a ballet teacher and plans to attend an intensive program in New York to further her dance skills while continuing to value her experiences in caregiving.
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Lessons in Love, Compassion, and Finding Purpose Through Caregiving and Passion
I am honored to share the wisdom I have gained from my young 30 years.
First and foremost, the people in your community and the peers you share your love and energy with need to be people who love and respect you.
The people around you can directly affect how you carry yourself at work and how you treat your coworkers and the people you are helping.
Kindness and empathy can carry and strengthen your work skills and work ethic.
My job as a caregiver has taught me that if I were ever in a position where I could not take care of myself, I would be scared. It is my job to ensure that the people I care for feel valued and maintain their dignity during the later stages of their lives.
For the past ten years, I have been dreaming of becoming a professional ballerina. I have the confidence that my caregiving career has prepared me with the skills and qualities of love, patience, grace, and compassion.
As I perfect the turns, twists, and positions, I remind myself to always keep an open mind. I will always need to continue learning and developing.
Please, whatever job you are doing or whatever skill you are acquiring, do it with love.
Find beauty in what you do for others.
Lastly, have faith that what you are doing is making a difference.
Thank you,
Joy Gitau
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