And a wise man once said...
The world is pretty well-informed about my struggles to obtain what I perceive to be a "Real" job. The fact that this has been quite a lengthy struggle is no secret to the masses. A recent conversation with a friend, who has a different struggle, but who was similarly lamenting how it was so easy for other people to achieve the very thing that he was after, made me think about the people I know who have had recent job success. In the last few months I have had a total of FIVE friends or family members who, with only casual effort, managed to experience positive job karma. FIVE PEOPLE!!! Four of those were new jobs and one was an unsolicited promotion. All of the job-seekers were already positioned in their jobs, most of which were reasonably secure and were looking to see what might pop up. And the one person of those that was actively trying to find a new job only had to look for a couple of months, which somehow this person thought was a long time (ha!).
So I've been just a bit stunned that, the one thing I've been searching for for so long has come so easily for all of these other people. The other day I was discussing this with my father. My Dad - the one who always has faith in my potential, even when the rest of the world fails to see it. So he told me my struggle reminded him of a fable or a tale he had heard or read about at some time in the past. There was a village or a land or a society or some such thing where everyone lived in bliss. Every aspect of their lives was beautiful and perfect - their work, their relationships....every element of their existence. But there was a price for this bliss. For all of the people to live such wonderful and blessed lives, one child had to be tormented endlessly. Occasionally people couldn't stand the thought of one child being tormented, and those people would walk away from their utopian existences because they couldn't reconcile the perfection of their lives being at the expense of another being.
When he finished telling me this tale, I was waiting to see what sage words of wisdom my father would next impart. Here's what he said: "Maybe you are that person for all of your friends." My jaw dropped as I said "WHAT?!?!?!" with disbelief. He started laughing and said "Not what you expected me to say, is it?" The I started laughing, because DUDE now even my Dad thinks I'm the tormented child of the job world
So I've been just a bit stunned that, the one thing I've been searching for for so long has come so easily for all of these other people. The other day I was discussing this with my father. My Dad - the one who always has faith in my potential, even when the rest of the world fails to see it. So he told me my struggle reminded him of a fable or a tale he had heard or read about at some time in the past. There was a village or a land or a society or some such thing where everyone lived in bliss. Every aspect of their lives was beautiful and perfect - their work, their relationships....every element of their existence. But there was a price for this bliss. For all of the people to live such wonderful and blessed lives, one child had to be tormented endlessly. Occasionally people couldn't stand the thought of one child being tormented, and those people would walk away from their utopian existences because they couldn't reconcile the perfection of their lives being at the expense of another being.
When he finished telling me this tale, I was waiting to see what sage words of wisdom my father would next impart. Here's what he said: "Maybe you are that person for all of your friends." My jaw dropped as I said "WHAT?!?!?!" with disbelief. He started laughing and said "Not what you expected me to say, is it?" The I started laughing, because DUDE now even my Dad thinks I'm the tormented child of the job world
posted by The Shababbler at 2:24 PM
3 Comments:
Wow, don't let him give me any motivational speeches. I might jump off a bridge! :P
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Haha - ya. He had had an extraordinarily bad day at work himself, but the tale was more than I bargained for =-p.
Oh - and as a side note for all of you thinking, "Well I have a job, but I hate it" - I know that the huge irony when I get a "real" job will be that it will probably SUCK and then I'll start complaining about that. Haha, but at least I'll have benefits =p.
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