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More perspectives on aid and development work

In my continued effort to wrap my brain around the aid and development field and my endless internal debates about what I really think, what I think I should think, and what I am actually seeing, I am always thrilled when friends, who have much more experience in this whole biz than I, send me [...]

The mental cycles of development work

have hope
see bright future
doubt said bright future is possible
lose hope
lose belief in self
lose belief in other people
see shimmer of possibility
remember why this work is important
feel momentarily inspired
be crushed by the politics and self-interest of others
realize your assumptions were all wrong
have one great meaning or meaningful conversation
have hope…