I know that some of us on this Forum (including me) are not out of the woods.
Please check this video which I find inspirational.
"Kramer vs Kramer" (1979) Job Interview Scene
No need for any laid off ... no job , no money, no Christmas, :( My spirit is Down.
I have just fallen into a depression over being in this predicament. My Heart mind thinks back to times I was cooking for buying something for the office Christmas/Holiday Parties, this year, no parties, no invites, and no gifts no money to buy gifts, no shopping, no dinners, or invites, no Christmas for me this year. No lights on the tree, not decorations, no nothing be glad when Christmas is over. This how being unemployed does to a person time of year, bring the pain and depression. People all around you are enjoying Christmas, and you have emptiness. It is supposed to be to celebrate the birth of Christ. However, it is so commercialized that it make you forget its purpose and a time for giving gifts and spending time with family. I feel sad to enjoy family; they have jobs, and I don't.
will jobs are not easy!! to find ..... tho it's really sinks when they laid you off just when christmas is around the coner it's pretty sad for me ... :( my christmas be a Sad one :( my son be sad as will :(..
To Gavin Fenwick: Thank you for all your help fining a job at Parkfield Inn. I don't have that job any more, but would like to thank you for every thing you have done for me. Wishing you a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.
When we find silence after the computer is turned off the phone is charging and there's time to just be alone that's when I remember my mom's delicious gingerbread. The smell of ginger filled the air when I was growing up . I couldn't wait to lick the spoon!. Only around Christmas was when mom a would make her famous gingerbread. I miss home! We all grow up and move away. Some of us may not been back home in ages and yet their are some who refuse to go home. I like to reflect back to the good old days when life was much simpler. When it didnt matter as much if you had a job or not because the people around you all supported you and they knew how to open doors of opportunity. So, when you find time where there's silence just go back to your childhood when it was much easier. I can see my mom standing in the kitchen as she bends down to pull the pan of gingerbread out of the oven. Now as time goes by the clock starts to tick. The job market is so competitive. I wish it all was so simple like eating a slice of gingerbread.
My son is counting down the days until Christmas. I am sure most of you have children and this time of year they get really excited about the holidays, especially Christmas. When I got laid off twice, I was devastated not only because my financial situation was a mess, I thought a lot about how this was also affecting my son. You see when we go through job termination or job layoff or whatever that affects our income we forget that our children suffer as much as we do. Losing my financial stability made it impossible to continue to live the way my son was us to. We had to move!!!! (We eventually got evicted) My son was not to happy about that because he was use to his nice room and I was also use to having my own bathroom. But what God showed me was that it wasn't the material things in life, it was the fact that we had each other and we both could weather any storm. I don't want to try and keep up with the Joneses this Christmas. I am just blessed for the small things . I am blessed to see another year!!!! I thank God, for being able to wake up in the morning and have gas to put in my car. I thank God, for giving me strength to go through so many job layoffs. To be able to face my sister and learn to forgive after she and my ex-fiancé started a relationship. If I had not gone through what I had gone through, I would not be able to share my story. I wondered sometimes when I had hit rock bottom and could not sink any lower than I had already sunk, I wondered did God even care. Did God care for me when I didn't even care for myself. John 16:33 : I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."
Life almost broke me but I did not let it because I had a child to raise. When I got that job offer and started working their was nothing I could not do. Its amazing how just getting back into the work force somehow makes you feel good about yourself. Changing your attitude and being humble are the keys to moving forward against anything that life throws at you. I got off the couch and started back working out and eating healthy. NO MORE SORRY!!!!! Not always do I feel good. Not always do I want to get down on my knees and pray. Their are times when I wake up and just want to stay in bed for forever. But my son has the most beautiful smile and his laughter fills the apartment with joy!!!! The true meaning of Christmas is the love and the motivation that we all have in our hearts to be good workers, to be good parents to be good lovers. Don't let anything destroy the spirit of Christmas that is deep within your heart. If you didn't get that job, it was never meant for you. God knows our hearts. Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! I AM STILLL STANDING!!!!
Merry Christmas This is certainly a time of the year to where you can get down on yourself . Sometimes for some people. During this season extra pressure you maybe not employed maybe can't fined a job everything in the world is not going good for you this time of year will kind of make you more depressed than you normally would be. it's just something that kind of runs with this season it doesn't have to be that way but for a lot of people it is. this little notation is for the people who thinks that there's sky is getting cloudy. When it is the cloudiest always remember to say your prayers. the good Lord has everything figured out and he'll put you where he wants you .just be tough and hang in there and God bless all of you Merry Christmas Jesus will smile on you if you always put him first.
i want my baby to have a big christmas
During the Christmas season a lot is going on around us and in our lives. Some of you are still waiting on that phone call, that background check, offer letter or just still waiting. I tell you I am a true living witness that God will come through for each and everyone of you. I was so broken by life that I did not think I could be fixed. How do you get over the fact that your fiancé is now dating your sister? How do you bounce back after being laid off twice in a year, and still find courage to go out and look for another job? I had to drag myself out of bed because I was so humiliated and so angry that nothing was going my way. I could not get a job in a pie shop. Now, I had no criminal background. I didn't know what to do. When you start losing everything it rains so hard it starts to pour down . I was drowning in past due bills that I had no way to save myself. My credit score was 434. Who do you turn to? How do you pick yourself up? No job, no fiancé, no family and no one to talk to. Well, I realized Jesus was my friend. I realized that if I draw hear to my Lord he will heal my soul. I went to him one night and I cried out to him and told him my story. The next few weeks was a miracle. I got three job offers and I wanted to take them all. I printed a copy of my credit report and started calling all of my creditors to make payment arrangements. People from my church all started helping me slowly get back on my feet. They helped me move into my new home after I was evicted. My church prayed for me when I didn't think anyone cared. I started to get stronger and feel inspired by the things that had happened. God, picked me up and he carried me across all of the trials and tribulations in my life. He held me so tight that I cried out to him so loud!!!! He never let me go!!!! He kept my enemies so far away I felt like flying!!! Christmas is a time for all miracles to happen to each and everyone of you. If you can believe that you deserve all the good things that our father in heaven has promised than you deserve to here this. Just get down on your knees and pray. Pray and ask God to help you and he will. Pray and ask God to give you strength and he will. I am a true witness that God is not dead but he is alive and real!!!!! Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 50:15 …call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.