Ineffectual

I've been feeling a little ineffectual lately, meaning there are things going on around me that I can't seem to get an handle on. Clients whose lives have been irrevocably changed and the system has failed them and there's nothing I can do, but say "I sorry. This is how the system works and sometimes it doesn't work well." Can you imagine how crappy that is.

I have some friends who have basically been attacked for doing their job. There's noting I can do except to let them know I believe in them and that they do a great job. It just doesn't feel like enough.

I thought I had gotten over the "responsible for the world" crap, but I guess that when it is close to you and you can't help that feeling comes crashing back. And I'm left feeling ineffectual. So I guess I'll get over it.