Hopefully fear can be a motivator...

So...for well over a year now (almost 2  ), the time that I have known that I was losing my job, I have been trying to figure out what I want to do, people say "well what do you want to do", well gee, I was doing what I wanted to do, and I had been doing it for almost 19 years, people say "it'll be Ok when God closes one door he opens another (or some such variation of the window theory), my Buddhist friend actually wanted me to join him for evening Gongyo and chant the Nam-Myoho with him...uhhhhhh...I'm doing laundry that night, sorry Dave.

The State of Washington has programs for people like me (several right  ) displaced workers funny people, it helps pay for things like tuition (not 100%) in about 40 or 50 professional and technical programs, pays for books (not 100%) and counseling (stop it) the problem is you have to find something you want to train in. 3 weeks ago I started kicking it into gear, I've read through so many catalog's and brochures I believe that I could star writing them, The golfhos golf cart has everything the casual golfhoser needs it's balanced design and sleek looks say power and mayhem with one breath, it comes fully equipped with a tap and keg, a lilmitless supply of buttless camels and a king james bible in the dash. sorry I digress.

So I narrowed it down recently to 4 or 5 classes, crazy combos, helicopter pilot, auto body tech,nursing, physical therapy assistant, chemical dependency counselor...yada yada yada.  So it would seem that doors are opening, but just as quickly they would close (he or she has fun that way  )

And now down to 2 - Chemical Dependancy counselor (the irony kills me) and Physical Therapy assistant. The Chem Couns is an easy course 2 year no math, The PTA is loaded with pre req's that take 1 year to complete before you begin the 2 year program, that is scary to me, also it is heavy in math, my math is at about a fifth grade level and I need to know algebra to get in.

I'm taking the scary route, sometimes fear is a good thing, do you remember the Jim Valvano speach before he died of Cancer?

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number 1 is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number 2 is think. You should spend some time in thought. And Number 3 is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." I believe I may be thinking and crying a lot being back in school, but what does not kill us only makes us stronger.

That is all...and this is very cathartic.

The Right Reverend Seamus

Coincidence?  Perhaps.  But the avatar says otherwise.   

Best of luck Seamie. 

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Make up **** leads to a nap. mmmmmm....naps.

Boom shaka laka boom!   LOL 



OK - gotta ask - wtf is 'beginning keyboard'??  For 5 credits no less???  College is easier than I recall.