Words of Impact

 

UNITY, COMMUNITY AND BELONGING

We are here not only for ourselves, but to be both a beacon and soft landing place for others, and to leave the world better just by us being here. 

 

The best bit about this is that there are things that we can do in each and every moment that contribute to this. Each and every act and way of observing our world confirms this. 

 

We can do all of the self care and inner work in the world.... yet, in isolation we can only ever be so affective. Isolation, I believe, is the greatest social problem there is.

 

In the words of Thich Nhat Hahn “we are all collaborators in creation. What you and I are becoming, the world is becoming”.

 

We have no idea how long we have left, and how much time we have left to do what we feel called to do. One thing is this, I know that we are so much more capable than we even know.

 

I have felt a deep sadness attributed to the reality that we all have so much more in us than...

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A BELATED CELEBRATION FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

A BELATED CELEBRATION FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

 

From March 16th

 

“Happy International Social Work Day to all of the Social, Community and other humanitarian workers in my world.

 

What does it mean to be a Social Worker?

 

It means to give a sh*t when most people have long disbanded

 

It means to test your own sanity over and over, while holding and reinforcing others

 

It means seeing through a lot of what happens in the world, and to still know that you won’t ever see the full picture

 

It means to listen to things that you never imagined possible and deal with things that you never knew that you were capable of

 

It means to question over and over and over again and know that there will likely never be an answer

 

It means to create “resources” out of thin air and to make the impossible happen on a daily basis

 

And it means to hold humanity at a standard that most never contemplate

 

...... And a...

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