Support

The Clinic is undergoing a whole lot of change.  Transition is an understatement.  Following the staff support group on Tuesday, we looked at the chairs, arranged in a circle for the group, and thought to put them back the way they had been.  We didn*t.   We put them back in a different way, so people might talk with one another while they wait for services.  I have no idea what happened to the chairs on Wednesday.  I do know there was energy present in the room when we left.  I believe it has something to do with mutual support.

Sometimes support means

Simply

To gather the wherewithal

To switch

The seating arrangement.

Sometimes

All that is required

Is to offer a different seat,

Something as simple

As sitting

In a different place.

I have done this before

Myself.

Now I counsel others

To consider the same thing.

Sometimes the first step

To regain control

Is to determine

Where to sit,

Only then  

May we grant to others

The very same

Possibility.

Seating

I never know where a new client will sit.  Sometimes they ask, most often not.  These are often not small decisions.  Of course, sometimes they are.  I am never sure which ones count.  My rule of thumb is that clients need to sit somewhere. 

I never know where people will sit.

All the possible seats in my office

Have been occupied by clients

At one time

Or another.

Last time around I had a client

Who liked to sit

On the floor.

The question for me

Was

Do I sit on the floor

With him?

I didn*t.

People often choose their seats

In not so random ways.

Me?

I wait to see

Whether the seat is chosen

By whim

Or purpose.

Even then

I never know for sure.