On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:03:56 +0200, Tim Øsleby wrote: > With this in mind, I am asking again. How do we adults react > when a young girl stick a needle into herself several times in > public (the red spots in her face aren't pimples), with fear > and/or pain in her eyes?
There is no answer outside of the person. We can guide. We can educate. We can offer ourselves as (bad?) examples. But each person makes their own choices. We can't force our choices on them ... at least not successfully. All we can do is show them a path an hope that they choose it. For a variety of reasons, that you probably are more familiar with than I am, these kids have chosen self destructive paths. The only thing we can do is show them alternatives and acceptance. If you're religious you can offer that totem. But they've probably already rejected it, often for very good reasons. No one can be saved. Everyone can save themselves. In a lot of ways, your situation is analogous to that of an oncologist. Except that your "patients" have the opportunity to choose their own salvation. And their choice is the only hope they can have, though the often either don't realize that, or actively reject it, or both. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
