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Myrina

(12,296 posts)
5. I can understand it completely.
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 09:09 AM
Sep 2013

"Compassion burnout" combined with continually seeing the evildoers win & those of us struggling to make things better for EVERYONE get kicked in the head time and time again, makes it hard for me to even come to DU much anymore. I can't recall the last time I turned MSNBC on my television.

One gets to a point where one scans the headlines, stops and thinks "Why do I even bother?", pops open some ice cream & turns to the cartoon channel because our country seems determined to continue on a straight-rail to hell.

You know I appreciate beyond words what you do and have done with Wishadoo, both to help my foster guy and to allow me to help others, OGR. You have a truly enormous heart and a beautiful soul.

The 'even small bits' advice is great, as is the suggestion to post updates & success stories.


Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

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It hurts cate94 Sep 2013 #1
That reinforces to me that I need to do a better job of stressing that.... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #2
May I post that in the GD thread? OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #3
Of course! cate94 Sep 2013 #4
I can understand it completely. Myrina Sep 2013 #5
... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #6
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