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wlotusA friend was recently laid off from a dead-end job with no warning. Furthermore, she was cheated out of some pay and a bonus. After applying for unemployment, she applied for an accredited online university, breezed through the college entrance exam with flying colors, and was subsequently accepted into a bachelor's degree program in information technology. She will complete her degree in just under three years.
Another friend was being underpaid, overworked, and verbally abused on her dead-end job. In the middle of one of her boss' "I'm not trying to be mean, but..." speeches she quit, marched herself to the nearby city, and turned her interest in construction into enrollment in a 6-month training program. She is excelling in her training and will finish the first level in ten weeks. She intends to take a course in pediatrics when she is done, and the second level of construction training when she is done with that.
Being acquainted with people like them inspires me to keep going with my long-range goals. I ran into a hiccup in my plans yesterday, and after some sadness I am back in the saddle at double the speed with a new focus. There is progress, and behold, it is good.
When people aim to piss on us, we don't stand still!
Another friend was being underpaid, overworked, and verbally abused on her dead-end job. In the middle of one of her boss' "I'm not trying to be mean, but..." speeches she quit, marched herself to the nearby city, and turned her interest in construction into enrollment in a 6-month training program. She is excelling in her training and will finish the first level in ten weeks. She intends to take a course in pediatrics when she is done, and the second level of construction training when she is done with that.
Being acquainted with people like them inspires me to keep going with my long-range goals. I ran into a hiccup in my plans yesterday, and after some sadness I am back in the saddle at double the speed with a new focus. There is progress, and behold, it is good.
When people aim to piss on us, we don't stand still!
