"Laid off or liberated" replies

Unemployment and being out of work can feel like carrying the weight of the entire world on your shoulders. In these days and times with so many others carrying their own heavy load, there is hardly anyone to ask to take some of yours off, even if just for a little relief because their own load is so heavy. 

For me, this weight buckled my knees and pushed my back against the wall. It was so heavy, I could not move. 

Then I remembered God. I prayed for strength. Through strength my knees straightened up as I began the process of moving away from the wall, and from the clutter of all the weight. Through faith I began to put one foot in front of the other, while asking myself what is my purpose, what is it I am to do. 

I realized my stressing was costing me more of the money I was already out of. Being out of work forces you back to the basics in every way because we are made humbled. It is in this place that we feel our humanness again. 

We all have the power to change and to decide how we want to live our lives and can start to by changing our perspective. While unemployed, relax by looking at your life with a sense of gratitude every day. Be grateful for all that you do have like family, things, health, the ability to see, to walk, to hear, etc. Keeping a sense of gratitude helps to keep your thoughts positive, therefore not feeling you are in lack of anything, which causes worry, doubt, and fear. 

Now there is room inside of you for you to tap into your creative self. My dear reader, the secret is within you.