No Desire

We indeed have been, and continue to be blessed by being here in Wichita at this time in our lives.  Yes, the work is difficult.  Yes, we’ve already raised one family and now we voluntarily moved in with another.  Yes, we are working with kids who have issues and problems that have brought them here.  And yes, the pay is not great and the time spent is considerable (three weeks on [24-7]} and one week off.
But where else could we be right now that is better?  If we had our ‘druthers, where would we rather be?  I can’t answer that question with anything other than here, doing this, in this place.  We came out of health care and have no desire to return.
Health care is becoming so bloated, so bureaucratic, so regulated, so greedy, and so cumbersome that it is virtually impossible to do one’s job, whether one is a registered nurse, a lab tech, a housekeeper, or an administrator.  I mourn for the health care system because it is not only broken, it is dying.  Some are trying to salvage it, rescue it, or save it.  Others are milking what is left of it for all it’s worth while the milking is good.  And the consumer is the loser., just as the consumer is the loser in most aspects of our capitalist system.
Now, I’m not saying that we should do anything different, necessarily, because I don’t have any answers.  As long as the consumer is aware of the pitfalls of capitalism and the dangers of the road ahead, and plunges ahead anyway, who am I to suggest something different.  And we do know the pitfalls.  We can see the dangers.  We should know what is coming…but many of us prefer to keep our heads the sand.
Besides, I don’t think there’s any place in the world today that I would rather be than here, now, even with all the problems and issues we have.  There are even more in other places, I think.  That doesn’t mean that we don’t work to make our system better.  That doesn’t mean that we don’t criticize ourselves.  That doesn’t mean that we don’t make (as the politicians love to say) the tough choices.
God bless America.