not doing so hot just now...
It seems like it's been forever since I've been around here - and even longer since I really felt like I needed to write - but now is just one of those times. Things have been going really well since starting back teaching. I was really afraid that I couldn't handle the stress of it all - but I've been doing well...even though there have been so
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they may have fat accounts and really nice stuff;
but deep down they're sad, angry, pathetic, little people that are desperately trying to convince their selves otherwise.
They pursue the illusion of achievement, for the sake of distracting themselves from the overall utter meaninglessness of their lives.
I alternately pity and laugh at these people;
when, of course, I momentarily awake from my envy of their lifestyle
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But I like the above note.
I'd like to say that life is fair, and these people with their sense of entitlement and focus on appearances won't get far in life - but that's probably not true. But at the end of the day at least YOU can go to bed satisfied with a job well done and a life honestly lived.
Once I forgot Joe had a class and was wondering where he was and I FREAKED OUT. I hate when that happens.
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I worked with parents at the Treatment Center I worked at, and I discovered that it doesn't matter the income, dysfunctional families come in all shapes or forms. You don't have to be poor to be dysfunctional. Hold your head up high, don't drop your standards, and you will find in the long run you make a positive impact. Unfortunately you have to accept the fact that there is some you just can't reach, and it's usually the families fault.
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