This Work... Exhilarating And exhausting, Drives me up a wall And opens doors I never imagined , Lays bare a wide range of emotions ,Yet leaves me feeling numb beyond belief . Provides tremendous satisfaction, And leaves me feeling profoundly helpless, Evokes genuine empathy, And provokes a fearsome intolerance within me, Puts me in touch with deep suffering, And points me toward greater wholeness, Brings me face to face with many poverties, And enriches me encounter by encounter , Renews my hope, And leaves me grasping for faith ,Enables me to envision a future, But with no ability to control it , Breaks me apart emotionally, And breaks me open spiritually, Leaves me wounded And heals me.