May 27, 2010Terry Gorski Live From WWNN 1470 AM Radio

Losing a job can be tough, as it means you no longer have anything to get up for, as your usual routine is disrupted. Let us talk about how our identity’s can be what we do not who we are. Once we start to put our whole identity into our jobs and we loss our job or worst yet we loss our jobs our homes and maybe even our family’s by death or divorce our whole world begins to crumble. We then experience the on set of depression, anxiety, self-worth, confidence, and stress. The trouble is that the longer you’re out of work for, the more your confidence seems to slip away because you convince yourself you’ll never be able to get a job. When you feel like this it actually makes it harder to find work because you have no self-belief whatsoever. It becomes harder to socialize as the first question everyone asks is whether you’ve found a job, while money tends to become an even bigger issue as the bills start to come in. When recovering from addiction, depression, anxiety disorders this can over time become a major issue of relapse. We tend to suffer from dis-ease and dis-comfort to begin with. Now heap on all life is throwing at us and the first thing we head for is what will make us feel good. A program of recovery should work under all conditions big or small. What am I doing for my spiritual growth today? Have I put my hand out to someone that needs my help? Have I been self-centered by staying in the poor little old me syndrome? Have I been praying and meditating even though I might be mad at my higher power. Am I trying to control my out comes instead of letting the doors open when the universe will have it? Have I been talking to my support group? Am I beginning to isolate? Have I stopped going to support meetings? Am I angry all the time? The question’s that I continue to ask myself everyday is what is going to help me navigate the low spots in my life. I grow faith and begin to walk though the dis-ease and dis-comfort in a positive way.