11 msfocusmagazine.org In all likelihood, family and friends provide care to you regularly, as you do for them. These can be small acts of care, like making dinner or listening to you talk about some- thing that’s troubling you, or more significant levels of help, such as assisting you with bathing and grooming each day. In either case, the person providing the care is demonstrating their prosocial behavior, and it is likely that the motivations and benefits they have are similar to those that you have experienced as a caregiver. When you think of howyou value that role of the trusted caregiver, don’t you think they value it too? Place the faith in them that others have placed in you, and let them experience what you have experienced. Allow yourself to be both the caregiver and care receiver, as we all are at various stages of life. In this light, both caregiving and receiving care can be viewed as an essential part of the human experience. Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter once said, “There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.” From the moment we come into existence to the end of our time on Earth, needs related to our health and well-being are cared for by others. In between those two moments, the privilege to care becomes ours as well. This is the circle of care.