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writes:Good day, all! I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. I have been feeling a little out of place due to feelings of everything all compiled all in one. I am very unhappy with my job. I have been screwed over and over jobs because either a friend of the boss got the job over me, a relative and the list goes on. I have been on interviews after interviews trying to get out of this department. I used to look forward going to work unfortunately, I am not anymore. I workout my frustrations at the gym. Another situation is I am still not over my daughter's dad. We've been through a lot. I have done so much for him and his other two kids from his first marriage. We were suppose to get married and live happily ever after. When I am in a state of being comfortable of just being my daughter and I,here he is, trying to come back into our lives. I lose contact with him, here he is, calling my place of employment and/or emailing me. I have changed my number so he doesn't call me. I blocked him from my email accounts. With today's economy chaos of gas gas prices and everything else that's going up, finances have been extremely tight. I am a single mother with no help from my daughter's dad. I am truly blessed to have a great family who helps out tremendously with everything, especially my daughter. I have been emotionally depressed with things that are going on in my life. When it's just my daughter and I, I feel at ease, happy but when she's asleep, I cry and give it to GOD to console me. What advice can you give to boost my self esteem?
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 July 2008): You are on the right track, hon. Again, my very best wishes. And since you mentioned Him, God bless....
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reader, anonymous, writes (5 July 2008): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionFriendTom: Thank you for taking the time to read the brief short summary of my life.
Yes, you are right, it's LIFE 101 in course. I have to get myself out of this rut. Everyone have their own way of grieving and my way, is to be by myself and just let everything out. Give it to GOD. Then my life starts all over again.
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reader, anonymous, writes (5 July 2008): Was it Billy Crystal's grandpa who told one of his "characters" in a movie (?), "Billy, life is a hard job, and the hours are a bitch!"...Sorry, hon. I am not trying to be sarcastic. But, life does have its problems...and they are pretty constant. Sometimes the worst thing is not the problems but how we deal with them. We all get kicked in the gut sometimes, figuratively if not physically. I understand your work problem, but it is pretty common,...not that it helps much to know that, but it can help to deal with it. There will always be those who get what they do not deserve, good or bad,..and those who do not get what they deserve, good or bad. That is called, "Life 101". We can let this "injustice" weigh us down, or we can blow it off and keep on keeping on. You not only have yourself to keep on for, but your daughter as well. And you are blessed to have family who can help...that is what families are for...to help each other. I don't know about your daughter's father, but if he is not helping with support, there are ways to "encourage" him. If he is a deadbeat, there are Human Services that are there to help you. You may already know all this. Now, as to your "self-esteem", you are the one who must mend that. It is hard for anyone else to. It must come from within. You might start with, "I am a child of the earth, the universe,..I have a right to be here...as much as the stars in the sky, the moon, the sun, and every creature and person who ever lived. I matter. If I do not matter, then neither did any of them." And, hon, they did matter,...so,...(smile) Best wishes,..Tom
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