3 of 42

Write now Article Tools

I started this as a response to someone's e-mail and then decided that maybe I need to share this with more than just one person. After all, I am sure many people can relate.

This person is not in the best place in life right now: a lousy job, lots of debt, a failed marriage - the works. What killed me was a statement that this was all about fate and that was just the place where fate decided this person had to be at that particular moment in time. Another thing that struck me was the negative emotions this person expressed talking about family - his family. I don't want to minimize anyone's childhood injuries - I know they happen, and I know they can get bad. But when someone says, "I wish I'd never had them," when talking about his or her family, that's pretty scary.

I am sure many people out there have experienced or are experiencing similar things. Listen to yourself! What I am about to tell you is not going to be pleasant, and you are more than free not to like it. What you are telling me that you are a loser and you are broke and that's where you are supposed to be in life?! Hogwash!

We have an awesome proverb in Russian that says, "Hope for God and take care of yourself." God / fate / cosmic intelligence (or whatever else you want to call it) is busy - too busy, in fact, to have put you where you are and definitely too busy to get you out of where you are. You put yourself there and you need to be the one who gets yourself out. Nobody DESERVES spending their days stacking shelves at the grocery store if they hate it (I am willing to admit that there are probably some people out there who like that, but probably not a lot). So, why would you say that about yourself? If you are on Lulu and reading this, you must be a pretty intelligent person - a poet, a writer, a creative individual brave enough to put your work out there and share it with others. Why would you humiliate yourself by saying that the place where you are now is something that's just going to happen because that's the way it's supposed to happen? No way! Do something about it!

You said yourself - you think your job sucks. Find another job. Make a list of all your marketable skills and do it - you'll be surprised how many things you know about and how many things you can do that are a great deal better than stacking grocery store shelves. And please don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about - because I do.

I have worked on the assembly line of an automotive factory. I have waited tables

• 1
• 2
• next page >>

Add your voice

Know something about Stop making excuses!?
We want to hear your view. Write now!