1. She said one day she went home and told her H, "Sometimes, I just wish people would leave me alone." Her H asked her if she'd made that comment to anyone else. She told him no and asked why. He told her, "Because you're a counselor. If you told any of your colleagues, or worse, any of your clients, you'd sound like you hate what you do." I said, "Well, you just told me." She said, "You work in human services. Haven't you had a day like that?" I said, "Yes. Many of those days." (For example, I had one day as QP where one client was sick, one client had a toileting accident, one schizophrenic client had a psychotic episode, and one client threw a tissue box and a chair at me...all within 2 hours.) She said, "You understand, don't you?" I said, "Yes. All kinds of stuff can happen with clients and it's tough, but I love them anyway." She grinned.