Elation and Rewarding

I like to help people, its who I am and what my mum made me in to. Its great to help....but why???

For me its to see that look on someones face, the gratitude and appreciation. It's the emotion in their eyes when words fail them.  Every time I see it, hear the words, something so profound happens inside me. This huge swell in the pit of my stomach tells me I have done something good, something right, something that has made another happy.

And I am telling you that feeling is addictive, almost addictive as chocolate and I do not say that lightly, but every time I help someone, I want to help more. I encourage the younger members of my family to do kind things, because the world needs it! It is lacking  and dying.

Currently my partner and I are entering in to the challenging world of fostering and I know the journey will be rough, I know its going to be hard but the purity of it is that I can help many people at once. One door closed when I found it would be difficult for me to have children naturally, but many doors opened that I would never have seen. Do I believe everyone has a plan in this world? I am not sure. Do I believe things happen for a reason? maybe, but if this is what I was meant to do with my life then I will follow the path and see where it leads.

Have you ever felt this way? What experiences have given you a feeling of elation, that has rewarded you?