client

every now and then i will see a client that strikes me in some fashion and yesterday i had one of those. he was a man who was psychotic and seeing visions of his dead mother standing next to me as well as moses, peter and paul. when i asked him if it was the same moses, peter and paul from the bible, he smiled and said "how did you know?" as if i had never heard of them. i thought that was funny.
he had been abused by his father and was cowaring under a sheet as i approached him and asked me not to hurt him. i felt so sad for this grown man who was afraid of me and the nurses trying to help him. his abuse was so severe that, even as a grown man, he was still afraid his father was going to beat him with a switch.

be nice to your children. everyday. all the time. even when you don't feel like you can or you are too tired to give then your attention. what they see and feel today is what they become tomorrow. every adult has the ability to make a difference in the life of a child just by being kind.