Missed opportunities..

In my ongoing attempt to be present to my community and my clients this year, blogging has fallen to the wayside...and I had so many things I wanted to write about! But the year is ending, and so is my blog, so peruse my list of post ideas, and if anything sparks your interest, bring it up with me in conversation:

-the Sisyphean nature of social work (But, "One must imagine Sisyphus happy.")
-living on $100/month
-how to "win" JVC
-faith in politics
-charity vs. justice
-community and love among homeless
-viewing housing as a right, not a commodity
-community organizing, power (of people and of money)
-movements of silent retreat in Tucson
-tough clients ("Every social worker knows the feeling: you want to assist someone, but that person is a total turnoff...but yet, they are still one fo the 'least of my brothers and sisters' to which Jesus referred.")
-the blessing ($$) and curse of statistics in social work
-how do we achieve peace? (JVC Peace Vigil 2012)
-And the most-over-quoted-yet-still-striking social-justice-related quote: "When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Bubble Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo, CA