I don’t even know what to write about. I was gone for most of the day at work and so was not around to be aware or part of the activities. Staff training has started so people were busy doing that. There were some really nice “ah ha” moments in counseling today. It’s really great when that happens and you have that sense of things connecting. It balances out the times when your supervisor lets you know that one of your couples partners complained about you to the director.

I wasn’t hearing her enough. I do feel a little bad feeling like I have hardened in some ways. You really do have to be secure for this. But I am not going to bend over backwards to accommodate immature behavior or get people to change their minds about me. I think I have decided that it is at least worth trying to work something out if someone has a problem with you or if you have a problem with them. But you can kind of get a feel if things are going to go one way or the other. Sometimes a relationship just doesn’t work out.

Or never forms, whatever the case is. As I used to hear certain people say, “I’m not for everybody.” I did forget to ask today whether it’s normal or how often it happens to have interpersonal conflicts with clients. One would hope that it’s not very much. I really do love getting to know people and becoming familiar with their various lives and stories. It doesn’t feel one sided to me. It just feels like you were able to lend a hand or offer yourself in some way that caused you to grow.