If you feel that doing social work would affect you that much in a negative way, try doing things that will not get you involved to the level of affecting your every day life, but still doing something about making the world a better place.

I had the same worries myself: how could i do this without being constantly angry at the world and hating everybody? We all know that doing this kind of work takes a lot of strength and patience, because accomplishments come slow. So I asked Jack Healey, the man who got me started with human rights and who’s been a human rights activist for more than 30 years, how does he manage to do this and not go crazy or become clinically depressed? His answer was very simple, but made a lot of sense: he said he does not focus on the end result of his work, but concentrates on the process and the efforts that he puts in it every single day, so he knows that if he takes little steps every day, eventually the changes will come. :)

This is one of the main reasons for which I am not trying to convince people to become human rights workers, but just to make them care about these issues and spread awareness – and the first step is realizing that caring makes a huge difference! :)

So thanks for caring – you are one of the few that did this year. :) I really appreciate it! *hugs*
Anca

Thank you for this brilliant article.
I enjoyed reading it very much and i very much appreciate the way you so openly connected to me… without even knowing.
I can very much feel you’re point and it makes a lot of sense to me.
I admire you’re courage and it leaves me proud of you and me and all the people that do care.
Furthermore you’re way to put it is motivating.
We must never give up caring.
Not only for the fact that we need the appreciation of others and it’s nice to be needed or to be comforted by our fellowship.
The way the world works just makes me sad too often, and also i have been rejected, which ofcourse is not nice…
But i cannot put myself in a blank place-i am a westerner myself.
Socialized on the ‘bright side’.
Do we need to try and see it with loving kindness…?The way people act because they just don’t know any better and some souls are just too poor to stand up and say:
‘I have to draw a boarder against you’re behavior, i cannot share you’re point’
Because the fear of loss and lonelyness is hidden in every corner.
Such as the abused may go out to abuse later on herself/himself or the beaten child may become a slayer.
This is not a nice picture, i know.
We know it happens every day Though.
Thus i do care a lot i wanted to become a social worker.
Meanwhile i think: Can i cope this work? Will i be able to work for a higher goal while suffering depression and personality disorder?
Shall i perhaps better participate in a movement by writing articles myself and at the top of it:
Find the self asteem to be loyal to myself, begin with myself and just do what i always wanted to do which is art.
At least stop thinking ‘i am being selfish and egocentric if i focus on revealing my dream’.
At this point what you wrote comes up in my head: ‘what will others think of this?Will the ones i love judge…?’
Maybe we’re all not so different in the end after all.

I think with more empathy and understanding for the cruelty going on it may become easyer to say:’fuck you, you are not doing me and the world any good!’… or in a less harsh way by having empathy we can leave out hate.
By forgiving those who do the tornment we can cope better.
If we pick up the hate that cycle can never end.
We need to get down there and open up the dialogue to those we subconciously disregard just as changing shitted, awfully stinking baby nappies.

Let’s try break the cycle somehow!
Thanx a lot Anca, you made my day next year 10th dec i am with you for sure!!!