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Giving Yourself Credit

When I was about seven years old, my sister said to me in a very condescending voice,

"You care more about animals than you do people."

I don't remember what I did to earn that lashing, but I remember how it wounded my soul.

I was seven years old, and my big sister was essentially telling me there was something fundamentally wrong with my love for animals.

For years, I believed I would leave this beautiful planet with my passion still trapped inside me.

That changed this past weekend.

I stopped and looked back at everything I've already been blessed to do for the animals recently and I had an life affirming moment. I still have dreams of doing so much more, but refusing to give myself credit for what I've already accomplished isn't fair to those dreams.

• Founding a feral cat rescue and TNR program, helping more than 500 cats.

• Rehabilitating orphaned and injured wildlife in Texas.

• Working with birds of prey in Washington.

• Becoming an ordained Animal Chaplain.

• Serving as the chaplain for Animals as Natural Therapy.

• Creating Empowering Animals to connect people with trusted organizations making a difference.

• Writing a children's book to help people see skunks as the magnificent animals they are.

• Building free resources to help people find rescues and wildlife rehabilitators when animals need help.

They say you don't know what you have until you measure it.

Maybe there's something in your own life that you're overlooking.

Maybe your passion isn't waiting for someday.

Maybe you're already living it. Give yourself credit.