This is me! – NPSTW

The song “This is me” is by Keala Settle and it is from the Greatest Showman movie. In emergency communications we deal with all sorts of people and characters. In this line of work it becomes so easy to be broken or overwhelmed. It is so common to become the outsider because we isolate ourselves from the world due to overstimulation and complete burnout.

In this song they talk about how they are no stranger to the dark, and how they have learned to be ashamed of their scars. How sharp words cut people down and drown them out. This tends to happen often in our line of work. However, as the song says “I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I’m meant to be, “THIS IS ME”. Even with all the broken and bruised parts, we show up everyday<< THIS IS ME! We are very small department with only 10 employees. We have to show up for each other pretty often. If one person is sick, the whole schedule has to shift. ” We are bursting through the barricades, reaching for the sun (we are warriors)” , “I am marching on to the beat I drum, I’m not scared to be seen, I make no apologies, this is me.”