Yes, finally I've complete my 11 months working in Quebec! It is a mixed of happiness and little bit of soft sadness that is filling me at this moment. Happy and excited because, not that I jut like BEGINNINGS but I totally LOVE them! Beginnings represent for me, new ideas, new challenges... like a new precious chapter that I'm about to read or write in my book.
Essential to say, that all chapters in my life are important. They are what you see in me, basically. It is because of every experiences I lived that I renew myself and that I become what I am. Always different. So for this year, every passionate colleagues and every sincere and lovely clients I meet have helped me become what I am.
I spent my days with clients that have so much to offers. The whole year, I've worked as an occupational therapist with the PACT program (you can read more about schizophrenia and PACT at www.nami.org ). PACT is a service-delivery model that provides comprehensive, locally
based treatment to people with serious and persistent mental illnesses.
Empowerment, in
all is meaning, was in the centre of every intervention. Clients have helped me
learn a lot about there strength even with schizophrenia disease, witch
I've also discovered a lot about. I think I've probably seen as 'special places' as I use to do, but instead of being on the sunny side of it (like dreaming places I've visit during the past 5 years) this time I experiment the other side of it - the shadow. Places you would think that NO HUMAN could or should leave in. Conditions or injustice you would not think that can happen in a civilize and industrialize society and community such as Montreal. Let's just say that the word 'perspective' took another sens for me this year.
I am very thankful for all the wisdom and perspective I had gain this year!
But, I can also feel it is time to pursue my road. Important things (things that I have choose as my priority in life) has been missing such as sports, nature and feeling of freedom. I like to feel free to move my schedule. Working in a program for an hospital doesn't allow me to be as free as I need. I still haven't learn to be in 4 doors... I can do it, for a moment, but not for to long....
So now, it's time to start a NEW moment!!
