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Is it ever ok to just be "done?"
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 687831" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>It is always okay for us to try again if and when we are ready and decide to try again with them. By the same token, it is the same kind of okay to say that's enough. </p><p></p><p>I believe in a love of second chances (and the 135th chance). For me, after what seemed like 1000 chances had been given, we were...operating with an over abundance of caution...to say the least. We let a lot of time go by where he was a working homeless person, something I did not even know was possible. </p><p></p><p>For him, he had to get a job first and go to that job from a bench and a blanket day after day and month after month. </p><p></p><p>We waited and watched. Believe me we both wanted to help and were terrified to get involved, having been burned so many times.</p><p></p><p>We cannot create the perfect scenario that leads to be outcome we all want. We have to see what we can live with and take it from there. The prescription for a true solution is different in every situation and helping someone who is truly helping themselves can have a good outcome. There will be fits and starts and no perfect linear line of progress. </p><p></p><p>We try and then we see and then we decide. It is all okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 687831, member: 17542"] It is always okay for us to try again if and when we are ready and decide to try again with them. By the same token, it is the same kind of okay to say that's enough. I believe in a love of second chances (and the 135th chance). For me, after what seemed like 1000 chances had been given, we were...operating with an over abundance of caution...to say the least. We let a lot of time go by where he was a working homeless person, something I did not even know was possible. For him, he had to get a job first and go to that job from a bench and a blanket day after day and month after month. We waited and watched. Believe me we both wanted to help and were terrified to get involved, having been burned so many times. We cannot create the perfect scenario that leads to be outcome we all want. We have to see what we can live with and take it from there. The prescription for a true solution is different in every situation and helping someone who is truly helping themselves can have a good outcome. There will be fits and starts and no perfect linear line of progress. We try and then we see and then we decide. It is all okay. [/QUOTE]
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