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Outright Mental Defective
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
  Shame and Career
I am feeling a lot of shame and weariness over my job situation in the past few days. I pray and pray and pray and it just feels like God is not listening. I used to pray for a job, now I pray to be useful to God today.

All those years of education, all those years of jockeying myself into positon and nothing. The best job I have found in CT so far is substitute teaching. I am not a teacher. I was never trained as a teacher. I hate it. I hate larger groups of children. Sometimes I even hate myself.

A friend from The Program suggested that I try food service. Food service is what I did in college. Now I have a college degree and three years of graduate school and the best I can do is food service. Meanwhile, it seems like all these people around me are getting good jobs. What am I doing wrong?
 
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I probably know, but have forgotten. What is your degree?

Residential Air Traffic Control (RATC) is a relatively new field you may want to investigate.
 
Perhaps, you are learning patience. Everything happens for a reason in God's world.
 
Don't throw anything at me... pg. 449
Acceptance
 
Whoa. Check out this post by Tina today: http://thestaticroom.blogspot.com/
 
Isnt that your prayers answered ? food service sounds like being of use/useful. trudge what is food service ?
 
I'm an intellectual?
 
Alright all you acceptance and waiting people. Not what I wanted to hear. Maybe what I needed to hear but, not what I wanted to hear.
 
Hey Trudge... Keep on keeping on, even though it is frustrating... God does know what he is doing... :)
Oh and you are intellectual
 
Certainly it's frustrating. Venting is good, it lets off a little steam.

You'll know why once you pass through it. Not fun I know but that is usually the case for me.

I will send joyful thoughts your way :)
 
Nothing, maybe you haven't being looking at what is in front of you.
 
Never underestimate the power of teaching. It takes someone special to be a teacher.
Peace,
JJ
 
I SEE YOU,
JJ
 
Sounds like a battle of your will versus gods will... keep up the fight and remember god always wins. (I really am not a bible banger.... but I really believe in the power of a higher power).

You can do it Trudge! I see you!
 
I'm sorry for what you're going through. I wish there was an easy answer.
 
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