I'd always thought that one day when circumstances allow, I'd become a Samaritan. A friend has this week reminded me that just as I say to new mums, the situation I'm in now will not last forever, and actually it will just be a few more years then I will be in a different "season" in my life where childcare is no longer my number one priority and I will not have to miss out on opportunities that I currently keep saying no to. So one day I'd like to be able to volunteer for them. However, today I'm wondering if actually I'm not cut out for it. I have a couple of friends who did not have the best of days yesterday but because of their complicated lives, if I were to text and say I was thinking of them it, their situation would potentially become worse. I guess that is what I'd find hard about being a Samaritan - listening to someone at a hard time but not being able to ask the next day if they felt any better, or tell them that I still cared and was thinking of them. I guess when the time comes, I'll have to see if I've got more adept at trusting/letting go...
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