by NH Baritone » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:33 pm
I'm not trying to suggest that Wonders is not facing some unexpected challenges. I've been out of work; the search is not easy and the uncertainty provokes anxiety.
But gushing unctuous pity in his direction over a recent job loss shows a lack of perspective, and in several ways, a similar lack of respect. Jeez! Winston offered him living quarters as if the skunks and weasels had already infiltrated Wonders' box-springs and dandelions had sprouted in the living-room carpet.
Is there no gauging of response based on its seriousness? What would you do if he were suddenly widowed and had both to work and be a single parent? Now that, dear people, would be a major, heavy-duty crisis which deserved beaucoup support from all quarters, including this one. But at this moment Wonders has forty-to-fifty paid, newly-liberated hours each week to look for work or get training for a new job. Who among us who is dissatisfied with their current gig would not consider this a blessing and a half?
I give Wonders credit for ingenuity, creativity, and loving community connections. And instead of carping about how bad things are, you could help him more by cultivating a positive, hopeful, self-effective attitude. Typically such an perspective helps unemployed workers maintain the self-discipline, presence of mind, & good cheer needed to win their next job.
Diversity is the offspring of Liberty. Nonetheless, frightened, mainstream ideologues treat diversity like a bastard stepchild, instead of like a welcome indicator of our overall well-being.
