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Starting over…

If you found yourself unemployed at year-end, you have my deepest sympathy. I have been there a few times myself, and it does not improve with repetition.

Being unemployed is a condition that will affect more and more of us in the years to come, because employment no longer comes with any guarantee of security.

The one thing I can say with certainty, is that when you are unemployed, you will find out who your real friends are, because they are the ones who will give you the impetus to get back on your feet and succeed again.

They probably will not lend you money, but they will put you in touch with people who will hire you. You don’t need charity, you need a helping hand which leads you to a new opportunity.

At the risk of repeating myself, I would like to remind you that 85% of all positions are filled by personal referrals. (Wall Street Journal archives)

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A new door opens…if you let it

When your job or relationship ends, this forces open a door to other opportunities. It may seem like your world is ending, but it is simply the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.

I am NOT saying that the past is not important, or not painful, or any of those other things. This is what is important:

We need to learn from the past, not live in it.

I can hear some people now. "What does he mean, only the end of a chapter? This job, this person has been my whole life!"

I am not making less of your work, or of your relationship, at all. When change is forced on you, it can create a terrible loss and it is appropriate to grieve about it. But you do no credit to the memory of the person you loved or the great job you did, if you shut down and refuse to go on.

You can honor the past by the way you face the future. The love you felt for one who is gone is not lessened if you brighten the lives of deserving others by giving them freely of your affection, admiration and love in order to create a new life for yourself and others. Shutting yourself off from life helps no one, least of all yourself.

In the same way, losing a well-deserved position, for which you have struggled mightily, is one of the unkindest blows that can occur. When it occurs going into the holiday season, it seems like the cruelest betrayal that could happen.

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Travel blogging continues…

After consuming as many scones as I could decently get away with, we hugged our new friends goodbye and set out on snow-covered roads toward home. Although the snow crunched and squeaked underfoot, it was a virtual heat wave, because … Continue reading

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Blogging in Vermont

It started snowing as we crossed the border into Vermont and by the time we arrived at our destination, it was accumulating on the ground.

We made our way through freezing winds and snow to the warmth and hospitality of Shearer Hill Farm. This Vermont bed & breakfast offers home made scones… and delightful conversation…in the casual ambience of a 220-year-old farmhouse.

Bill and Patti Pusey run this B&B and are the kind of grandparents that generations of children drove across the river and through the woods to visit in ages past. As a matter of fact, we just missed meeting their 31 children and grandchildren who had visited them over the Christmas weekend.

I found Shearer Hill Farm on the internet and was completely sold as soon as I saw the reference to home-made scones. My tastes in B&Bs are heavily weighted toward good food and conversation. The pleasures of elegant estates with period furniture, sleigh rides and tours to nearby sights of interests are lost on me.

Give me a warm kitchen and a sunny breakfast room and the rest can take care of itself.

The Puseys have been doing the B&B thing for 15 years and they manage the delicate balance of making you feel welcome without overwhelming you with attention.  If you were to recall the best weekend you ever spent with your family, you will have some idea of what it is like to stay at Shearer Hill Farms.

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