“When one door closes
another door opens;
but we so often look
so long and so regretfully
upon the closed door;
that we do not see
the ones which open for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell’s quote has been around a long time and very familiar to us all. On the unemployment journey we have a tendency to focus on the closed doors instead of the doors that are opening for us.
We are all in this together and learning different behaviors constantly.
Today is Friday, the end of the week. Think back about a Friday when you were working and how excited you were the week was over. There is no difference today, you worked all week researching job options, attending interviews and been on an emotional roller-coaster.
It is time to take a break and regain your emotional strength.
Some small steps you can take to replenish your positive energy:
• Put that smile on your face even though it may hurt. Wearing a smile tricks your mind into thinking you are happy. Within a matter of minutes your attitude changes.
• Call yourself on the phone and list all your strengths. Example: Great personality, very intelligent, fantastic communication skills, etc. Saying your strengths out loud makes them seem real.
• Leave a comment on the Love Yourself – It Matters Blog, telling us about your strengths. We are a family of unemployed folks who are supporting each other with new ideas and strategies in finding that new job.
Let’s make Friday, Acknowledging Our Strengths Day.
Our little game is teaching us how to take one positive action step and practice it for a day.
Remember...Monday is Smile Day. Smiling when meeting people gives you an inner-strength.
Tuesday is Dance Day. Dancing provides energy, exercise and having fun at the sametime.
Wednesday is Miracle Awareness Day. Reminding yourself about the miracles occurring during your day provides security in your life.
Thursday is Feeling Like a Winner Day. Acting like a winner gives you the courage to take risks and have faith things are working out.
Friday is Acknowledging your Strengths Day. Realizing you have many strengths empowers you to hold your head up high and feel good about yourself.
Let’s continue promising each other we will take time each day to enjoy the day by playing our little game. Smiling on Monday, dancing on Tuesday, looking for miracles on Wednesday, acting like a winner on Thursday and acknowledging our strengths on Friday.
I can’t wait to hear all about your strengths.
Helen
Showing posts with label being unemployed is a small segment of your life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label being unemployed is a small segment of your life. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunnier Skies While Unemployed
“…knowing that, in the grand scheme of things,
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
Jason Rogerson
While on our unemployed journey, Jason Rogerson’s quote is worth repeating to ourselves constantly.
I know right now we are only focusing on what is not happening instead of the fact this is just a small portion of our lives. A day, month or year is just a blip in our lives.
Think back to the time when you were working, complaining about your job and wishing you could take a vacation. Now we look at that time as the sunny skies and today being unemployed as the rainy days.
It is all a matter of perception. How can we change our thinking and focus on the sunnier skies instead of the rainy ones?
Let’s start by taking small steps.
Are you up to playing a little game? It is called the Smiling Game.
• Walk out your front door and go to the nearest coffee shop.
• Walking into the coffee shop, put a smile on your face. You don’t have to mean it just use those smile muscles. It is a scientific fact when you use your smile muscles your body has no clue if you are smiling it just feels better.
• Make eye contact with the first person you see with that smile on your face.
• Continue smiling and making eye contact with everyone you see.
Eventually your smile will become natural, people will start talking to each other and YOU will feel better.
A smile costs you nothing and lightens up the world.
Let's make Monday "Smile Day" and bring a little sunshine into everyone’s day.
Starting today we will play our little game.
Please let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know what happened as you were playing the Smile Game.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Helen
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
Jason Rogerson
While on our unemployed journey, Jason Rogerson’s quote is worth repeating to ourselves constantly.
I know right now we are only focusing on what is not happening instead of the fact this is just a small portion of our lives. A day, month or year is just a blip in our lives.
Think back to the time when you were working, complaining about your job and wishing you could take a vacation. Now we look at that time as the sunny skies and today being unemployed as the rainy days.
It is all a matter of perception. How can we change our thinking and focus on the sunnier skies instead of the rainy ones?
Let’s start by taking small steps.
Are you up to playing a little game? It is called the Smiling Game.
• Walk out your front door and go to the nearest coffee shop.
• Walking into the coffee shop, put a smile on your face. You don’t have to mean it just use those smile muscles. It is a scientific fact when you use your smile muscles your body has no clue if you are smiling it just feels better.
• Make eye contact with the first person you see with that smile on your face.
• Continue smiling and making eye contact with everyone you see.
Eventually your smile will become natural, people will start talking to each other and YOU will feel better.
A smile costs you nothing and lightens up the world.
Let's make Monday "Smile Day" and bring a little sunshine into everyone’s day.
Starting today we will play our little game.
Please let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know what happened as you were playing the Smile Game.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Helen
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Spcial Message for the Unemployed
“Difficult Times Don’t Last Forever
Sometimes, the problems you must face
are more than you wish to cope with,
and tomorrow doesn’t seem to offer any solutions.
You may ask yourself ‘Why me?’
but the answer is sometimes unclear.
You may even tend to feel that life hasn’t
been just or fair to burden you with such obstacles.
The roads any of us choose to follow
are never free of bumps or curves,
but eventually the turns
lead to a smoother path ahead.
Believe in yourself and your dreams.
You will soon realize that the future
holds may promises for you.
Remember…difficult times don’t last forever.”
Geri Danks
Geri Danks’ poem says it all…Life is a journey which leads us through bumps and curves. We experience sadness, anxiety, denial, happiness or contentment throughout the day.
The most important thing to remember is that we are the same person experiencing life in a different way. When scary feelings pop-up all we can do is say out loud, “I am really scared and know deep down in my heart I will find that perfect new job.”
Reassuring ourselves we are going to find that job and difficult times don’t last forever makes the journey easier.
Take a break today and enjoy yourself. There is always tomorrow.
Would love to hear from you and what your journey is like. Working together we will give each other support and ideas on how to find that perfect job.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Helen
Sometimes, the problems you must face
are more than you wish to cope with,
and tomorrow doesn’t seem to offer any solutions.
You may ask yourself ‘Why me?’
but the answer is sometimes unclear.
You may even tend to feel that life hasn’t
been just or fair to burden you with such obstacles.
The roads any of us choose to follow
are never free of bumps or curves,
but eventually the turns
lead to a smoother path ahead.
Believe in yourself and your dreams.
You will soon realize that the future
holds may promises for you.
Remember…difficult times don’t last forever.”
Geri Danks
Geri Danks’ poem says it all…Life is a journey which leads us through bumps and curves. We experience sadness, anxiety, denial, happiness or contentment throughout the day.
The most important thing to remember is that we are the same person experiencing life in a different way. When scary feelings pop-up all we can do is say out loud, “I am really scared and know deep down in my heart I will find that perfect new job.”
Reassuring ourselves we are going to find that job and difficult times don’t last forever makes the journey easier.
Take a break today and enjoy yourself. There is always tomorrow.
Would love to hear from you and what your journey is like. Working together we will give each other support and ideas on how to find that perfect job.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Helen
Monday, September 21, 2009
Being Unemployed is Only a Small Segment of Time in Our Lives
“…knowing that, in the grand scheme of things,
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
R.L. Keith
What struck me reading R.L. Keith’s quote this period of time being unemployed is only a small segment of our lives. I know it seems things will never change. Believe me things will get better.
I would like to tell you a story about Caroline.
Caroline Hopkins (name changed) worked for a small Medical Device Company located in Chicago, Ill. She was the Executive Assistant to Jack Lyons (name changed), President of the company. Caroline worked for the company seventeen years.
There were rumors flying around the company that Jack Lyons was retiring and selling the company. Every time Caroline approached Mr. Lyons about the rumors, she was told not to worry he planned on working another twenty years.
Having total faith in Mr. Lyons she told everyone the rumors were not true and went on her merry way. Even when other firms were asking if she would be interested in another job her answer was, “I will never leave Jack Lyons.”
One Monday morning Mr. Lyons called Caroline into his office, sheepishly told her the company was being sold and he was retiring. Not believing what she heard Caroline stumbled out of his office and went home. She was in total shock.
The months passed quickly and before Caroline could get her bearings she was out of a job. What was she going to do?
At first she could not function and spent most of her days in the house. One day reading the newspaper she saw that an Unemployed Support Group was forming at her local library.
Caroline went to the library and signed-up for the first meeting that night. To her amazement there were 40 other people attending the meeting. It was the first time in months she did not feel alone.
Caroline listened intently and was surprised to feel her positive energy returning. What she heard and repeated to herself constantly, “This is a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.” This statement helped Caroline regain her belief she would find a job.
With this new faith in finding a job, Caroline joined the Circle of Inspiration for the Unemployed and started taking small action steps daily to find a new job and within six months she was working again. She changed fields and today manages a Nursery School.
Caroline keeps saying, “What helped me the most was finding support, learning from other people and realizing this time was only a small segment of my life.”
Now It Is Your Time
• List the small action steps you can take to find support. Working with even one other person helps you to keep motivated and not feel alone while on this journey.
• List messages you can constantly repeat to reassure yourself you are okay. Reassuring ourselves gives us the courage and strength to keep moving ahead. Examples:
o This is only a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.
o I am taking the right steps for finding that perfect job.
o I am safe, loved and very successful.
Please share your stories with the Circle of Inspiration Community. Together supporting each other you will find strength, different action steps you can take and the knowledge this is only a small segment of your life.
Helen
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
R.L. Keith
What struck me reading R.L. Keith’s quote this period of time being unemployed is only a small segment of our lives. I know it seems things will never change. Believe me things will get better.
I would like to tell you a story about Caroline.
Caroline Hopkins (name changed) worked for a small Medical Device Company located in Chicago, Ill. She was the Executive Assistant to Jack Lyons (name changed), President of the company. Caroline worked for the company seventeen years.
There were rumors flying around the company that Jack Lyons was retiring and selling the company. Every time Caroline approached Mr. Lyons about the rumors, she was told not to worry he planned on working another twenty years.
Having total faith in Mr. Lyons she told everyone the rumors were not true and went on her merry way. Even when other firms were asking if she would be interested in another job her answer was, “I will never leave Jack Lyons.”
One Monday morning Mr. Lyons called Caroline into his office, sheepishly told her the company was being sold and he was retiring. Not believing what she heard Caroline stumbled out of his office and went home. She was in total shock.
The months passed quickly and before Caroline could get her bearings she was out of a job. What was she going to do?
At first she could not function and spent most of her days in the house. One day reading the newspaper she saw that an Unemployed Support Group was forming at her local library.
Caroline went to the library and signed-up for the first meeting that night. To her amazement there were 40 other people attending the meeting. It was the first time in months she did not feel alone.
Caroline listened intently and was surprised to feel her positive energy returning. What she heard and repeated to herself constantly, “This is a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.” This statement helped Caroline regain her belief she would find a job.
With this new faith in finding a job, Caroline joined the Circle of Inspiration for the Unemployed and started taking small action steps daily to find a new job and within six months she was working again. She changed fields and today manages a Nursery School.
Caroline keeps saying, “What helped me the most was finding support, learning from other people and realizing this time was only a small segment of my life.”
Now It Is Your Time
• List the small action steps you can take to find support. Working with even one other person helps you to keep motivated and not feel alone while on this journey.
• List messages you can constantly repeat to reassure yourself you are okay. Reassuring ourselves gives us the courage and strength to keep moving ahead. Examples:
o This is only a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.
o I am taking the right steps for finding that perfect job.
o I am safe, loved and very successful.
Please share your stories with the Circle of Inspiration Community. Together supporting each other you will find strength, different action steps you can take and the knowledge this is only a small segment of your life.
Helen
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