Howard Zinn entitled one of his books, a few years back, "You Can't Remain Nuetral on a Moving Train". Nuetrality and the lack of risk taking in the delivery of supports and services for those living with a diability, is the ultimate dis- service. "Well we have always done it this way." One hears that often but the question that should be asked, did it work? The answer most often will be no. Yet we continue to do it over and over.
Take a chance free yourself, be creative this is a field that requires creativity not rancid stagnation and stuckness. Move the shift and gain traction and move forward and onward. Impart your passion, don't satisfy the funders take a chance, put your ass on the line for what you believe in. Don' shut the door before it opens and if it does close, another will open, its only a matter of time. We waste our time and those we serve by waiting around doing a great deal of ordered nothing and yawning the day a way. We allegedly beleive in social integration, yet nobody is fully integrated, nobody becomes fully social and few people leave the iron clad system we have set up, and thus experience a life time of clienthood and become social service victims.
No idea is wrong, its an action that is not fully developed. No idea is stupid or without merit, it may fail but it is ok to mess up and fail. It's also ok for us to help those we work with become fully human which includes trying new things, living dangerously at times and oh yes, failing. Its better than sitting around waiting for the explorations,examinations,assessments and other inquiries to tell us what we already know, be human be real and pass it on.
Don't think outside of that stupid old box, be the box, break the box and build circles, squares and rectangles, but build, baby build. Create the future and the present for all those you support and serve, you will be happier for doing so. You owe it them and yourselves.
JBG
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