Yesterday, as I was reflecting on the past few days, I felt pretty accomplished having watched a few of my students overcome their sea and height fears/phobias, one by one, after much encouragement. It made me realise that it is not impossible to overcome mine. I wondered though, if I can push them to do it, why can't I do the same for myself? But anywho, I was so proud of them.
And today, the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction came again, after a colleague/friend of mine messaged me. When she first came into my department, superiors assigned me as her mentor.
A year later, today, when her performance grading was released, she sent me a message thanking me for she achieved the 2nd highest grade for her performance over the past year - and we all know it's not easy for newbies, even non-newbies, to achieve such a high grade. Even I couldn't achieve that in my first year.
It just made me smile and I'm just so proud of her. She said I should take most of the credit - but I told her, no. I really think it was all in her. I probably just threw some tips and lessons learnt in the job so she can do better than me when I first entered. I know it would have totally helped having someone there for you when you enter a new community with new tasks and workload.
I'm so happy to see others rising above their expectations. Especially people I work with and care about. I'm so proud of these people.