Recent Musings:
Am I an agent of change?
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Today I want to cry the tears of feeling overwhelmed, the tears of not knowing what or how to "do," the tears of the inadequacy I feel at making an impact on the world.
Social workers are to be agents of change. Social workers notice a problem in society, research it, prove it and go forward by trying to change it. It's a beautiful and straight-forward approach that I believe to be so necessary.
Yet I fear because I am uncertain as to how to bring about change, especially on a national level. I look at the wonderful compassion being delivered on community levels and notice how grateful I am for the people who have acted. However, when I look large scale, I have no idea what to say, what to demand or what to say is deserved for each person.
Perhaps I should scale things down and see change on a person to person level. Perhaps I should view change as something I can do for an individual and then expand from there.
I guess mostly I fear that I may not be an agent of change, but perhaps this is what I'm here to learn.