SOS 5

      This week was tough because each week seems to feel like the last week. I am not saying that the work I do is not needed, but at times it becomes predictable. In a way, some of the fun is taking from the work I do because I want to do more of the harder jobs. When passion meets career or services burnout can not only come from being tired, but from becoming board with the type of work you do. The reason I feel hopeless at times, because 85 percent of the people who call or come in the office FRC is unable to help. I hit rock bottom, when a homeless man came in the office with two-trash bags filled with his belonging, and he asked me I there was a bed available. I had to tell him no, FRC is not a shelter but a place for homeless families. At times, I wish that they can change that rule and make FRC available for non-families, but then it will not be called Family Renew anymore. The drive that has kept me going is the inner peace that I am finding in myself. This peace has taught me a few things: keep hoping, keep going, and keep volunteering. Those three things are easy not to do, but the peace I found has allowed to me to do those things and be my best self.