Lost My Job

I have lost my job.  As soon as I tell anyone, the first thing they ask is, “What are you going to do now?”

I didn’t lose my job because of anything bad I did.  Of course the current economic situation was the main reason, the company needed to downsize.  But, you could also say I lost my job because I have ethics – remember Enron(need I say more).  What I am not going to do is do something I firmly do not believe is right.

You just need to look at past history to realize that when you conform to others and it isn’t what you truly believe in, you can set yourself up to be kicked in the butt.

Remember Nixon’s wage and price freeze of the early 1970’s?  He did not believe in price/wage controls, but, to save his job as President, he enforced the wage and price freeze of 1971, (Economic Stabilization Program of 1971–1974) in an effort to deal with inflation.  The public loved the fact that the government was coming to its rescue and Nixon won the next Presidential election in 1972.  Of course, within several months, inflation spiraled upward, proving he should have stuck to his original beliefs instead of acting like a ‘yes’ man.

In the early 1970’s, as Baby boomers we wanted to change America and challenged the attitudes and prejudices of our own parents’ generation.  I am still doing that.  So I lost my job, but I still have my principles -some could argue which is more important.

But I do have faith because….

Where I find myself now does not have to be a prediction of where I am going.

So stay tuned

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