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My two daughters and I were on food stamps for about 9 months after my first divorce.
I have collected unemployment twice in my life after being laid off.
I am going to school now on the Pell Grant and with assistance from an organization that helps single mothers get through college.
Accepting this assistance has had no effect on my self-pride. I have a strong work ethic and I excel in school. Why should I be ashamed?
There are many hallmarks of personal success in life.
Never having to ask for help from anyone is perhaps but one of them.
Feeling superior to those who do is not.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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