Quote Originally Posted by Chicken lady View Post
Gardnr,

this is why I basically no longer post here. I fail miserably and frequently to communicate with others here.

let me rephrase.

first two lines - you may very well be irretrievably burned out, I am not in a position to judge.

But I see what you do and I know that we need you, and while you may not be able to do what you are doing anymore, I hope you will not just tell us all to go to hell. Because I don’t want to see the world in the hands of the people who are not stressed by this.

my masks are cloth and I wash them and I put them back on and I go teach and I say “please cover your nose” dozens of times a day. And I tell high school kids truths about vaccines and where to find good information. Because that is what I can do.

my profession lost a lot of good people this year as well, and I grieve that too.
I understood what you were saying, I think. I took it too be supportive, encouraging and appreciative. It's kind of like when we talk about the environment and Catherine says she believes all the little things surely add up to make some degree of difference, and are therefore worth doing even if the big picture can seem discouraging.