Five years ago, I was in a dead-end job that I hated with no prospects of ever having anything but a succession of dead-end jobs until I, myself was dead.
I was also embarking on an on-again, off-again relationship that saw me through a transition into a student working toward a degree in a field that I have real passion for - nursing.
The relationship has ended.
But I am still in a much better place with more hope for the future than I ever would have realized five years ago...sitting at that desk...in that office...waiting on little moments of attention, affection to make me feel passionate about something.
So, yeah, glad to be here now.
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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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