Staying positive when confronting cruelty
People who deal with animals every day are sometimes confronted with such cruelty, it continues to amaze me they are capable of keeping a positive outlook towards others and life in general.
I was having a discussion with an old friend who happens to be a homicide detective and he is inundated with the same situations. He told me just when you believe you have seen the worst one human can inflict upon another, you see something worse than before.
Staying positive when you are confronted on a daily basis remains a challenge. Whether it be human/human cruelty or human/animal cruelty it can still have a negative impact on how you feel about the human race overall.
As rescuers, sometimes we need to take a mental health day. We need to find an outlet, which we enjoy, and simply do it. We need to laugh more, socialize more, step away from the day in and day out mental pounding we take and remember, if we cannot leave the negative behind and still smile, if we allow the negative acts we witness to burn us out, the people who commit these acts of cruelty win.
I was having a discussion with an old friend who happens to be a homicide detective and he is inundated with the same situations. He told me just when you believe you have seen the worst one human can inflict upon another, you see something worse than before.
Staying positive when you are confronted on a daily basis remains a challenge. Whether it be human/human cruelty or human/animal cruelty it can still have a negative impact on how you feel about the human race overall.
As rescuers, sometimes we need to take a mental health day. We need to find an outlet, which we enjoy, and simply do it. We need to laugh more, socialize more, step away from the day in and day out mental pounding we take and remember, if we cannot leave the negative behind and still smile, if we allow the negative acts we witness to burn us out, the people who commit these acts of cruelty win.
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