Ownership (*reminder*)

After an emotionally charged, difficult day at the office let me remind myself:

You 'own' your 'shop' and everything in it.

That's not a possessive kind of ownership--that's a 'responsibility TO' kind of ownership.
You ARE responsible to everyone involved in and connected to the program that's 'yours' to manage.

From the Functional Family Therapists, to the Psychotherapist, to the kiddos, to their parents/guardian.....from the cook, to the Psychologist, to the Principal, to the Psychiatrist....from the primary staff, to the night staff, to the supervisors, to the volunteers who show up week after week in hopes of making even just one kiddo's day--you have a responsibility to them all.

k.....Not always an easy, simple, smooth sailin' kinda thing.
Sometimes things get messy and murky and icky and all scrambled up into a heaping, writhing, discombobulated mess.......doesn't matter--you still have a responsibility TO them all.

It takes a whole lot of energy--mental energy, physical energy.....emotional energy....
And yup...... you get tired.
But tired doesn't give you a 'please excuse Mel from being responsible TO' pass.

There's a really cool thing that happens when you persevere no matter what....no matter how tired or sad or discouraged or disheartened you may feel....miraculous things happen when you persevere and BELIEVE.... no matter what.

Granted, it's not always Mel's physical energy being spent--sometimes you're just the one directing traffic.
(k....you don't do well as a 'traffic cop'--and more times than not, your hand is in the till. You DO seem to have this huge problem with keeping that hand out of folks' till......)

You still have that 'responsibility TO' deal.

No matter what you do, you can't seem to lose it or shake it or make it less than it is.

It's not 'just another job'.

You 'own' your 'shop' and everything in it.
And that's what's RIGHT for YOU.