Michael Pritchard personifies compassion. As an army medic tending to wounded patients, his big heart and warm spirit earned him the praise of the doctors he served under. “Even from early childhood I knew I was an empath,” he says. He also knew how to make people laugh.

He spent his career as a comedian and inspirational speaker using laughter and empathy to heal some of the most wounded among us. 

“I get up sometimes and I know my wife has struggled twenty years with cancer.  I’ve had heart surgeries and knee replacements,” says Michael Pritchard, “But when I can find an opportunity to get up in front of someone who’s hurting, I put my spiritual energy into helping them—because it’s a prayer for me.”

As you listen to this episode consider:

• Where can I lead with heart and compassion?
• How can I help heal the wounded around me?
• When I am struggling,  can I turn my energy towards helping someone else?

Do you know someone who has a story to tell? Someone who is giving back to their community? Working to make our world a better place? Send an email to [email protected]. Nominate them for a future episode of From Sparks to Light.

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