Do you feel as though you've became a victim of the economy & the job market? Has your life became totally out of control? If you do, there are many others that feel exactly as you do! A predominant feeling as a victim is to feel very helpless. This helplessness leads to loss of hope. Your whole view of the world, life, God and people changes because of this unfairness & the losses! Add to this the religious teachings of the churched that "God is in CONTROL, God has His purpose for your sufferings" etc. How are you supposed to TRUST someone who would do such a thing to you??? Loss of hope then leads to depression. It is a downward spiral and it feels horrible!
One thing I have learned having been a victim of many crimes, a victim of being unemployed at certain times in my life as well is this: HOW CAN I TRUST ANYONE WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING TO ME??? I would be as CRAZY as those who done it to me!!! However, I am not crazy and neither are you! You and you alone MUST TAKE BACK the authority, the control you've lost over your life, your future and NOT give that power to anyone else but you! Take it back from your past employer, take it back from the economy! Each and everyone of us has been given the power and the control over our own lives! Regardless of what has been done to you, regardless of how you may be feeling, that POWER belongs to YOU! (Christians see: II Timothy 1:7)
You need a balance again in your life. Find friends or family who will listen, understand and be supportive. It would be wonderful if there were support groups not just online but offline in all our communities. Sharing our hurts and pains with those who KNOW is very healing. Here is an online forum of unemployed friends you can try as well as other online support groups since there are very few groups offered offline. UNEMPLOYED FRIENDS Seek a balance between these 2 groups of people while searching for work. Try not to spend to much time discussing your employment situation as this leads to more feelings of being a victim. You must FEEL in control of your life again!
Now here is an exercise to try before you begin your job search today. Go out and take a short walk. As you walk look at the blades of grass. Can you count the number in your yard, your neighbors yard? Look at the leaves on the trees around you. Can you count the number of those leaves on just 1 tree? If near woods, can you count the number of trees in the woods? If you could, I guess you might be God! If not, then you are just one of the many creations He made and has numbered. So am I. What is the point? You are not God, you can't do it all, can't be it all enough said. That's o.k. Just see ABUNDANCE. Remember when you were employed? How did you feel? How did you see life and the world? How did you see your future? Dwell on those feelings as you walk and see the vastness around you. Now, there are an abundance of jobs out there that you CAN FILL as well! Just because the news stories are gloomy, just because you can't see them does not mean they do not exist-and for you! There is ABUNDANCE everywhere in the universe! There should be enough then to supply your need as well don't you think?
Take back control of your feelings & your thoughts, take back control of your future, take back control lost to the economy and past employers! Put it back in your hands where it belongs. You are not helpless after all! Look back at your list of job accomplishments, look back at your lists of how you got that past employment, refuse to listen to gloomy news and get busy. God is in control and then He gave it to you and wants to help you today! Dwell on thoughts of abundance, listen to uplifting things about abundance, see yourself as you were in your days of abundance. God wants you to find a good job, He wants you to prosper, He wants you to be well in every area of your life! He needs you to get up and take charge today with that POWER He gave to you over this area of your life! Get up and get going!
