Are You Here To Be A Healer? 185something about that, so as a result, and with the help of my partner, I
came up with an alternate business model for acupuncture that works
well for working class people.
We were able to create a thriving business for ourselves, and we
began to offer that business model to other people. We had a vision of
health care in this country being dramatically different, one where it
doesn’t have to be divided between the “haves” and “have-nots.” There
are certain types of health care (and I feel acupuncture is one of them)
for which there is no reason everyone shouldn’t have equal access.
If you could give advice to those who are still searching for their
life’s purpose, what would it be?
Based on what I’ve learned, I would say be yourself. Don’t try to be
somebody else. If you want to help people, think about how you can help
people who are like yourself, because solidarity is more powerful than
charity. That’s definitely one thing I’ve learned. When you’re working
for people who are really like you, then you end up working with people
who are really like you, and that’s really empowering for everybody. It
could be easy to get stuck in the helper role, and that isn’t really sustainable
either for the helper or the helped. If you want to avoid that, look for
ways that you can be yourself, give yourself, and be involved in the
concerns that are primary for you, as opposed to somebody else’s
concerns.