Friday, October 21, 2005

Deal With It

"I keep praying to God to help me go to sleep. I've been thinking about my deportation hearing so much that I can't sleep at nights," a detainee shares with me.

"God can't help you go to sleep. Only you can," I say. "You should stop stressing about the things that you can't control."

"But I can't ignore it. I want to go home," he says.

"The last thing you want to do is ignore your feelings. It'll only make you depressed more," I say.

"So, I should deal with it," he exclaims.

"Yes, deal with it," I acknowledge.