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New Years Resolution: 2008 FE
After years of apparent denial, I have recently identified myself as a believer in karma (Oh yes, I’m a karma chameleon). In my life, however, I have come to realize something very important…
Good things don’t necessarily come to people who do good things.
For most, if not all, of my adult life, I was under the false impression that if I did good things, if I worked for good causes, then, for some unknown reason, good things would happen to me as a result. I can now safely say that this is NOT, in reality, the case. For example: I currently work one full-time job, hold a part time coaching job for a youth volleyball program, as well as a part-time job at a local restaurant. I am currently in negotiations to add a third part-time job to my already full plate. Also, I am grant writer and do volunteer activities for a local non-profit organization. I am a nationally certified trainer and disaster volunteer for the American Red Cross. My past occupations have included: director of a shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected children, victim advocate for a child welfare service agency, director of a helpline for addicts, community liaison for families in need of public assistance, and 4 years served as a crisis interventionist. All in all, I have always tried, and always will try, to do what is good for humanity. (By the way, I am NOT implying that I am Mother Teresa here.)
But where has all of this apparent goodwill toward humanity gotten me? Well, I am completely exhausted, broke, tired, lonely and have $70,000 in student loan debt (and still have the uncanny ability to live paycheck to paycheck without the benefit of a checking or savings account). I currently have 14 dollars in my wallet. This past year, I helplessly watched one of my best friends die. My life is completely contraned by financial limitations.
This leads me to two conclusions…
First, fuck karma.
And secondly, it leads me to my 2008 New Year’s Resolution…"Fuck Everyone in 2008".
Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Go out and do something nice for humanity?
Good things don’t necessarily come to people who do good things.
For most, if not all, of my adult life, I was under the false impression that if I did good things, if I worked for good causes, then, for some unknown reason, good things would happen to me as a result. I can now safely say that this is NOT, in reality, the case. For example: I currently work one full-time job, hold a part time coaching job for a youth volleyball program, as well as a part-time job at a local restaurant. I am currently in negotiations to add a third part-time job to my already full plate. Also, I am grant writer and do volunteer activities for a local non-profit organization. I am a nationally certified trainer and disaster volunteer for the American Red Cross. My past occupations have included: director of a shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected children, victim advocate for a child welfare service agency, director of a helpline for addicts, community liaison for families in need of public assistance, and 4 years served as a crisis interventionist. All in all, I have always tried, and always will try, to do what is good for humanity. (By the way, I am NOT implying that I am Mother Teresa here.)
But where has all of this apparent goodwill toward humanity gotten me? Well, I am completely exhausted, broke, tired, lonely and have $70,000 in student loan debt (and still have the uncanny ability to live paycheck to paycheck without the benefit of a checking or savings account). I currently have 14 dollars in my wallet. This past year, I helplessly watched one of my best friends die. My life is completely contraned by financial limitations.
This leads me to two conclusions…
First, fuck karma.
And secondly, it leads me to my 2008 New Year’s Resolution…"Fuck Everyone in 2008".
Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Go out and do something nice for humanity?
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