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Cynthia Good Mojab <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Dec 2002 11:05:49 -0800
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Dear colleagues:

I believe that charging adequately for our services and providing services
for clients who cannot pay in full or in part are both important. I heard a
relevant analogy so long ago that I don't remember the source. It goes
something like this... Imagine a waitress whose job realistically permits
her to serve well five tables at a time in a busy restaurant. There are
always more tables to be served, more people who need help. If she tries to
be the one to serve the entire restaurant, she will serve no one well. She
will also be unable to engage in any self-care, eventually preventing her
from helping anyone at all. Self-care and earning a living are both
appropriate. Identifying what tables we can realistically serve well is
appropriate. There is so much need in the world that many people try to do
too much. And some people ignore that vast need entirely. It seems to me
that neither extreme works very well. Each of us must find our own balance
of self-care and care of others. The balance that works now may not work
later. The balance that works for me may not work for any of you. Finding
the balance is ongoing, dynamic, individualized, and--in my
experience--quite difficult!

Grateful for the role models who charge sufficiently, who provide free
care, and who work to find the personally right balance of doing both,

Cynthia

Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC
Ammawell
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Web site: http://home.attbi.com/~ammawell

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