Originally posted by serenac
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There's a big difference between taking action to make things better for yourself and others (relieve suffering) and dwelling on negativity. You can take positive action while focusing on the positive outcome, mire yourself in self-pity and take no action, or take positive action while dwelling on the negative aspect of whatever it is you desire to change. In any given situation, we have a choice in how we think about it and the emotions that we feel. There's that old saying, "God, grant me the strength to change the things I can, the serenity to accept those things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference."


I was writing to you a letter, which of course I haven't sent to you yet, and in the letter I was telling you about some plans I have to try self-employment seeing as I can neither find a job nor do any of the jobs available out there appeal to me.
And then you just happened to post this video about a man who is trying, like me, to be successfully self-employed! Without, of course, having received my letter yet, as I haven't sent it!
I don't have a car so I can't travel far to work. My son is constantly sick so I have to stay home and care for him, and no boss is going to stand for someone who is constantly absent. Etc. So I'd much prefer to work from home, using whatever things I DO know how to do and not have to worry if my son is sick.
Boohoohooooooooo! (You can see I hate doing these things!)
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