My reasons for going into counselling are very close to my heart. Ours is a job that exposes us daily to human suffering and human depravity. It is intense, demanding, gruesome and exhausting. There’s never enough of anything – not enough time, not enough personnel, not enough resources. We are stretched beyond our capacity and […]
We called him Tony, the talented Tony. Since childhood, his star had always shone bright. He was academically gifted, he had leadership skills, he was a good sportsman, he was well liked by his peers – basically an all-round great student with a bright future. His parents were proud to have a son like him […]
Words like easy going, friendly, relaxed could never have been used to describe him. Instead, many found him rigid, stiff, unyielding. He was set in his ways, he didn’t like surprises, he liked to be in control. So when news of his transfer to a remote place was received, many held their breath for the […]
He shot eight men; not just men, but policemen; not just policemen, but his colleagues. He shot eight of his colleagues in cold blood before he was felled but his story begun long before this. He had always been aloof. Even during the rigorous and intense training that often saw the most socially awkward of […]
I knew something was amiss when she hesitated, she was telling me that the hostel fees had been increased from five thousand to eight thousand. There was a subtle change in her tone and her breathing seemed ever so slightly altered but I decided that she was simply empathizing with me, that she knew how […]
You don’t know what forgiveness is until you’ve had to forgive the unforgivable; that despite the fact that you were wronged beyond what any human being should ever have to endure, you still found it within you the ability to forgive. You don’t know the meaning of strength until you’ve had to be strong enough […]
