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Posted by: Darrell Castle
February 08, 2010
Topic: Bankruptcy
This startling news can be found in a front page article in the New York Times Saturday February 6, 2010. I know that you are all as shocked as I was to learn that finding a job after months or even years of unemployment often leaves lingering problems. The consequences of unemployment continue to ripple through the lives of many who have returned to work. Some are forced to declare bankruptcy, many return to lower paying jobs and must find the discipline to live a different lifestyle. Many live with the anxiety of knowing that the rug could be pulled out again at any moment.
Some people are left with a massive amount of past due bills including mortgage payments which they will struggle with for many years. Sometimes the changes are of a positive nature such as a commitment to live a more frugal life or a commitment to quit drinking. Often there is a determination to set money aside for hard times which could come again at any moment. Children who observe their parents' struggles with unemployment after working most of their lives are left with a sense of unease about the future. Many are determined to study harder to get a scholarship because they know their parents might not be able to help them.
Some couples have trouble dealing with the stress and pressure on their marriages and many marriages end in divorce. Especially for those left with custody of small children, the decision to divorce sometimes leads to a life of irreversible poverty. According to the Times articles, attitudes about work are often changed by the experience. ""Mrs. Newby's attitude toward work has shifted, driven in part by her Christian faith. In an all consuming advertising career, she is now less inclined to throw herself completely into it. " I gave so much of my life, so much of my energy and time to serving this company and clients and for what?" she said, "Where did it get me?"
Well sister, it does sound like you finally have it figured out, but weren't you really after money, fame, power, self satisfaction, recognition or whatever? Didn't you find that you received those things from your work until your company was forced to cut back? Perhaps you found that those things are all liars and do not deliver the promises they make to us. Since you have it straight now, get out of debt and live a free person's life.
