Life's not fair......but that's not fair!

Do you ever get so caught up in life's injustices that you forget that you know they exist? Confusing right? What I mean is everyone has heard the cliche that life isn't fair, so why do we get so upset when this is proven? I don't say this to mean that you shouldn't rise up against the huge injustices there are in the world. I refer here more to the small, trivial injustices.

For example I pride myself on being a good friend, coworker, fellow world traveler, person etc. So sometimes (who am I kidding most of the time) I get upset when I feel that I am taken for granted or not treated with the same respect. I had a situation like this during this week. I was so upset at having been "overlooked" that I allowed myself to function out of that feeling and not think logically. I had to remind myself that I am not a good person so that people will be good people to me, but often with the expectation that people will not return the favor.

This year in school I have really struggled to identify how my faith plays into my professional work. I have been so used to separating these two topics that the request by my professors to probe into this was foreign to me. I finally discovered that I had such a hard time with this because for me I am a social worker as it is what The Lord had called me to do. I am a good and moral person (with the normal amount of sin) because I believe that is the way to do as The Lord expects of me. It is this simple and I don't feel it requires further discussion.

So to sum it all up do what you feel is right, but don't expect anyone to treat you a certain way because of this. I feel most people try to do right as well, but we all slip. *My religious views are my own and I don't believe in pushing those on others.

Boston Marathon Explosions April 15, 2013

As a social worker I am never really surprised by the ways that people find to hurt each other. I am saddened each time that I learn of such events nonetheless. I sat sort of numb when I heard about what happened today. I had hoped that things like this would be less likely the more people were aware and vigilant. I think this just goes to show that disasters natural or man made, may never leave our existence.
I think the best we can hope to do is to be there for others when things like this happen. I also feel that there will always be others there for people in their time of need. I feel that events like this, though reminders of the evil in the world, also serve to remind us of what good there is in the world. I think it is all in the balance of life. Good could not exist without evil, it is our living reminder of what to strive against.

I have attached a link to a website that can offer some help to those of disasters. http://helpguide.org/mental/disaster_recovery_trauma_stress_coping.htm As a social worker I am a proponent for mental health recovery and asking for help when it is needed. I hope that those that lost loved ones, and those effected by injuries (mental or physical) reach for help. I hope that those around them are prepared to provide this help.

Praying for the world.

Commercials that make me LOL every time

To share some laughter with others, I thought I would share my favorite commercials right now. They always make me laugh and therefore rile up my dog.

 

 

 

I think frivolity is something we should not neglect. Life can be hard an serious, take time to laugh when you can. Which I think should be often.