The way you persevere is by staying. As a Chaplin how difficult has it been to "stay" when you are dealing with death? As you pray with people in the midst of death and after the loss of their loved one, do you have a set time that you can "stay" or preserve with the family? I know that loss is hard and that everyone deals with it differently. I know that some of the people that you are involved with may need you for the moment or seem to need you for a lifetime, but that there has to be an end in sight for your personal wellbeing.
The way you persevere is by staying. As a Chaplin how difficult has it been to "stay" when you are dealing with death? As you pray with people in the midst of death and after the loss of their loved one, do you have a set time that you can "stay" or preserve with the family? I know that loss is hard and that everyone deals with it differently. I know that some of the people that you are involved with may need you for the moment or seem to need you for a lifetime, but that there has to be an end in sight for your personal wellbeing.