Pats on the back are about proportional to the criticism I have found. You can't please everyone, and no good deed goes unpunished. But you are absolutely right, I can have a day when everything is turning to dog poop, and someone says I helped, or did good in some small way, and all is right in the world again.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.