Job losses, higher taxes, loss of jobs, H1N1, Iraq, war, hate ... fear, destruction and more. The news these days is not good. It is true, “When life gives you Lemons make Lemonade!!!” Within every cloud is a silver lining.
So perhaps you have lost your great paying job and just do not know what to do next. Have you forgotten that you disliked that job; that it was never what you pictured yourself doing every day and it certainly was NOT your passion. The silver lining is showing itself if you are out of that job ... you now have time to find your passion and a way to make work your reason to get up every morning! We still live in the greatest country in the world, have the greatest opportunities are available to us and we are Americans!
What are we to do with this Opportunity? May I use football to make my point? When the players take the field there are two teams, the offense & the defense. A good offense has the play and works their plan. If at first the strategy doesn’t work they have three more tries to gain 10 yards before starting a new set of downs. Without executing the offensive plan the team with the ball would fall prey to the defensive who will make take first move making victims of the offensive. I am always on the offense making a plan and "taking it 10 yards." If I lose yardage, drop the ball, fumble or am even intercepted I still go back to the drawing board and reformulate my plan. I press on no matter what!!
My point? There is a silver lining within any loss; freedom being one. In the case of a job loss you gain the freedom to turn your passion into your occupation. I never thought my passion for home design could possibly provide me money, success and the fulfillment it does today. I had never heard the term Home Staging yet I had been doing it for years. I certainly did not know it could be my career and professional success.
If your income is down, your house value has tanked you owe it to yourself to fight you way up, out & into a new life. Do not wait for something to happen. Do not be on the defense; it’s destructive!! Join the offense and make a plan/play. There are no promises of perfect sailing but we only have one chance at this thing called life. Live the life you have been given and make it the best it/you can me.
What are you good at? That is probably what you should examine as you make your offensive move. We all have hidden talents, some not so hidden that we could use to do our own thing and do it better than anyone else. What do you have to loose by following your dreams and living your passion? Trade that unemployment check for a life long dream, your dream! What could be better? It's not just about work, it's loving what you do, the pride of ownership and knowing your purpose for getting out of bed each day. All of these things are what America was built on. We need to pick ourselves up and get back to it! The government has never been the answer and it never will be, our perseverance and drive is the answer.
So get up and heal your wounds and get on with living the life the good Lord gave you! We will get back to the America I know and love through individual effort.
