A Ticking Time Bomb

Do you go to a job everyday that you do not like?

At work, do you have that one person that makes your skin crawl?

Do you have a manager that talks like he or she is chewing his face?

Do you have a manager that thinks the world rise and sets at his discretion?

Do you sometimes go to sleep thinking about a good excuse to use when you call in the next morning?

Do you work full-time and still do not make enough to pay bills?

Do you have to occasionally leave your children with a neighbor you hardly know, just to go to work?

Do you have to work with people that are rude and you have to bite your tongue just to be polite?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to make a career change.  You are a time bomb waiting to go off.  You are holding all of these things in and not venting.  That is not good for you or your children.  Eventually you are going to lash out on them and really hurt their feelings.

 Take a day to yourself and just relax; go to a spa.  

After a day at the spa, go home and make some adjustments to your resume. Tweek it a little. Remember, resumes are tricky.  Companies want you to list employment that can go back ten years. But if you list too many jobs, they will not hire you.  If you know you are one of those people that work two jobs and you have had many throughout that ten year period, DO NOT LIST ALL 15 OF YOUR JOBS.  Lol   Really look at your resume, list only up to about three maybe.  Choose the three that you were employed the longest time.  If you have any gaps in your employment, just say you took some time off to raise your children.  Or, maybe during that time, you may have went back to school.

Just get it together.  Talk to someone.

Your friend,

Licia   

2 Abused 2 Talk

I have heard many people say that silence is golden, but that is not true.  My mom and grandma always tell me that if I do not have anything nice to say, then do not say anything at all.  In my opinion, that is not a very wise thing to say to someone.  That is why children today are committing suicide and killing their teachers, parents, siblings, etc.  Maybe, the only thing you have to say is somewhat negative, so what!  Say it and be proud!  Take a load off.  

 

There are also scared children in the world that may have a problem with the person that keeps raping and abusing her and she keeps quite, because she has nothing nice to say about that problem.  Yet she goes home and cuts herself afterschool and acts as if nothing has ever happened and she continues this process of self mutilation until she one day cuts too deep.

Parents and teachers please, if you see a child that is in need of help and you cannot get that child to talk to you, be nice, explain to the child that she is not alone and assure that child that she can trust you.  Tell the child that if she cannot talk to you, she can at least write her problems down.  Introduce her into keeping a diary.  A diary can tell a lot about anyone.  Writing can be just the thing a child needs to set her free.  If the child’s problem is at home, encourage that child to write a little in her free time at school and leave the diary in her desk, or with her teacher to lock it in a safe place in the class.

In addition, when that child comes to class, observe her whole demeanor.  Look for things that are not usually noticeable such as, weight gain or lost, bruises, bad attitude, and crying for no apparent reason.  Please remember that abuse can also be verbal.  

Children are our future,

Licia