Wise words. I remember when I was a very shiny new social worker and I worked with a woman who had been in the profession for over 30 years. She was a chain smoker, who always wore bright red lipstick. She said to me "Darls, it is like working in the cancer ward - you'll win some and you'll lose some". I was horrified - of course I will save them all, and they all want to be saved. I often think back to her words, and I find them comforting and real.