Lightening Up A Little.
March came in like a lamb, as the saying goes. Then, next day, the lion threatened, by way of ice, sleet and hale, but the lamb is back.
I was born in a blizzard, so I understand how variable the month of March can be, with its sudden changes.
I am beginning to feel better physically and emotionally, except for some residual fatigue.
I need to cut back on commitments for a few days and lighten up.
Having been invited to participate in an on-line project which has the potential to bring even more intensity into my life, I feel conflicted.
It involves resuming contact with someone in crisis, for whom I care a great deal, but with whom I have been out of touch the past few years.
My profession is to counsel others and to help them in the process of growth and healing, often painful, yet inspiring.
This is in addition to volunteering as a sexual assault counselor and hospital advocate for rape survivors, and a crisis line phone counselor.
Once a week, I co-lead a support group of middle school kids who have lost someone who has died in their life.
After consulting for ten days during a very worthwhile, but energy-consuming training program for new volunteers, I feel the need to relax and to restore some balance to my life.
I find it difficult to turn down an opportunity to be of help.
Yet, I realize the value of self care and renewal at this time.
Reducing my level of stress is the best way to regain my health and well-being, after a long stretch of illness.
Having written this, I feel more resolved.
I was born in a blizzard, so I understand how variable the month of March can be, with its sudden changes.
I am beginning to feel better physically and emotionally, except for some residual fatigue.
I need to cut back on commitments for a few days and lighten up.
Having been invited to participate in an on-line project which has the potential to bring even more intensity into my life, I feel conflicted.
It involves resuming contact with someone in crisis, for whom I care a great deal, but with whom I have been out of touch the past few years.
My profession is to counsel others and to help them in the process of growth and healing, often painful, yet inspiring.
This is in addition to volunteering as a sexual assault counselor and hospital advocate for rape survivors, and a crisis line phone counselor.
Once a week, I co-lead a support group of middle school kids who have lost someone who has died in their life.
After consulting for ten days during a very worthwhile, but energy-consuming training program for new volunteers, I feel the need to relax and to restore some balance to my life.
I find it difficult to turn down an opportunity to be of help.
Yet, I realize the value of self care and renewal at this time.
Reducing my level of stress is the best way to regain my health and well-being, after a long stretch of illness.
Having written this, I feel more resolved.