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writes:Hi everyine my name is Paul and ive been going through alot lately. Im not sure what to do. Right now im staying at a homeless shelter and im trying to get back on my feet. Its like i keep getting knocked down for some reason. I was currently staying with my brother inlaw and sister and i would help out like doing the laundry house work cleaning then id help my brother inlaw out in the garage if he needed help. But one week ago he asked me to leave cause money was tight and all the things hes got and owns alot of my friends think hes full of it and just wanted me out. Im not sure what to do other then of what ive been doing and that is looking for work and keep on going. It just feels like im drained for some reason. I need some opions on what to do. I just want to get back on my feet again and thats it. Thanks Paul.
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reader, StudentOfLife  +, writes (29 April 2009):
 Sometime it's best to stop focusing on what is and start focusing on what it could be.
God gave you the ability to dream and the vehicle with which to achieve them. He would never put obstacles that you can't overcome.
Changes bring opportunity. It's not about how you fall down, but how you get up that counts.
Let me leave you with this article:
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Tough times breed business smarts
Underprivileged youths possess entrepreneurial gifts.
In 1998, Steve Mariotti, Founder of National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, delivered an inspirational speech at the Hillsdale College Shavano Institute for National Leadership seminar in Memphis, Tenn. Here, an excerpt from "Solving the Problem of Poverty":
I know a secret which, if fully understood by our government, business, and community leaders, could have enormous positive implications for the future of our society. Simply put, the secret is this: Children born into poverty have special gifts that prepare them for business formation and wealth creation. They are mentally strong, resilient, and full of chutzpah. They are skeptical of hierarchies and the status quo. They are long-suffering in the face of adversity. They are comfortable with risk and uncertainty. They know how to deal with stress and conflict.
These are the attitudes and abilities that make them ideally suited for breaking out of the cycle of dependency that so often comes with poverty and for getting ahead in the marketplace. In short, poor kids are "street smart," or what we at the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) call "business smart." Precisely because of their poverty-that is, because of their experience surviving in a challenging world-they are able to perceive and pursue fleeting opportunities that others, more content with their lot in life, tend to miss.
-Page 80 of "Success Magazine: February 2009" article of Steve Mariotti written by Amy Anderson
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reader, rcn +, writes (29 April 2009):
 This is a tough world. Often it seems as if the cards are stacked against us. I would believe, even if he has material things, money may be tight. A friend of mine, and his wife have to take food stamps now. He has a good job, but can now only work 40 hours, where he was allowed 20 extra hours overtime. Their monthly bonuses cut, and Christmas bonuses are gone. With the cuts, he's lost over 25K per year.
Keep doing what you're doing, but do it with ambition, strength and hope. You may not have the material items, but you have what is always yours and no one can take it away, and that is who you are. Keep pushing forward and you'll find as long as you do things will work out.
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