Subject: let your weakness become your strength
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> If she hadn't been a "single mother" she wouldn't have charged....
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> While working at the women's prison, an offender asked me what scared me most about finding a new job. I said I was old. She gave me the game show buzzer sound and told me I was experienced. I said I'd been at the same job for so long maybe I couldn't do anything else. Buzzer sound again....she told me I had endurance and loyalty.
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> The point was, she was a felon and looking for housing and work would be a major challenge for her. She'd been incredibly young when incarcerated and had no outside work history. But inside the prison, she'd consistently held high status positions (which is very risky because jealous inmates can undermine them and spread false accusations pretty easily.) Having been in prison was going to be her strongest selling point. One of the college professors had just been talking to her about it...the college classes have since been cancelled.."In this economic climate."
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> This isn't a hard thing to do...just ask yourself what is the most scary thing about this problem? For the bear, the risk to her cubs was the one thing she could not allow, and it probably saved her life. When I went to grad school, I was certain my brain had "rusted shut" in the 11 years I'd been working in factories. So I studied more than I did in undergrad and kept my personal life out of drama mode, which had been a big distraction "back in the day." My grades weren't that impressive, but I made it through while keeping my kids housed and fed. Whatever scares you, let that fuel your success. KIM
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> "I refuse to be driven crazy by these events."
