This Conundrum...

I'm sitting here after a relaxing morning, dealing with one of the most hard headed teenagers I've ever encountered. It baffles me when they ask for help and then when they begin to have obligations, they don't want to follow through with anything asked of them. I just don't get it. And usually I can meditate and come to some sort of conclusion on things that initially don't make sense, but I'm still stuck on this conundrum.

What do we call these kids? I guess "kids", but why is it that year after year, especially in schools it seems that they are getting worse. It seems like the warm months are the worse for them but it is also a time when they are testing for practically the entire spring. When summer rolls around they are ready to wild out because they've been forcing all of this information into their heads for the entire school year. Is anything ever going to change? Is the plot thicker than just the behaviors that they are displaying?

I'm only one person and I feel like my stress comes more from not having enough hands or enough brains to think of a way and to work how I need to to fix the problems of these children and their families. But hey, all I can do is continue to have faith in the children that I do encounter and hope that I make a strong enough impact to where they only feel the need to improve upon themselves and not be a product of their environments.

I tell them, live in your mind. Let your life have endless possibilities just like your thoughts are endless. Make yourself proud by your progress.

Sometimes it clicks and sometimes it doesn't. I'll keep trying until my day is done!