So Much for NOT Blogging

I worked really hard today.  I was out most of the week last week... thanks to a horrific migraine.  So today was my "catch up" day.  And it was Friday!  (: 

In working so hard today (making up for lost time), I learned something.  There are lots of things that I can do as a social worker.  I even posted several months ago about what a social worker makes in a day's work.  In that post, I said this:

Social workers bring to light possibilities that people did not know existed. They make referrals. They make connections. They make changes. They make time. They make room. They make allowances. They make notes. They make phone calls. They make a difference.

And today I was reminded there are many things social workers do not, and cannot make.

• Social workers cannot make miracles.  We can only fight for change on the behalf of others.
• Social workers cannot make people change.  We can only help bring to light the need for change.  
• We cannot make people work hard.  We can only point them toward the proper tools, and maybe show them how to use them.  
• We cannot make everyone happy, nor can we make everyone like us.  We can only do the best jobs that we can, and be the best social workers we can be... day in and day out. But not necessarily on Sunday, because...
• We cannot make more days in a week.  There is a reason God came up with the seven day week, and there is a reason He inserted a Day of Rest into that week.  We can take a day just to chill... and "chilling" not only means being physically away from the workplace, but mentally and emotionally away as well...

Until Monday, that is.  (:

So... until Monday, let us all be the best PEOPLE we can be.  And then on Monday, we can resume being the best SOCIAL WORKERS (or receptionists, or teachers, or baby-sitters, or dentists, or doctors, or stay-at-home moms, or housewives, or lawyers, or grocery clerks, or crossing guards, or whatevers.) that we can be!

HAPPY WEEKEND!!!!