It is quite true that up till this auspicious moment
of global economic meltdown that continues to be an albatross in the necks of
the people particularly those at the grassroots who find making a living a
Herculean task, various meal formulae are now the norm rather than the
exception. The first being 111 (applicable to the glaringly affluent who are
able to secure the complete three daily square meals of breakfast, lunch and
dinner. The second category is 101 (breakfast, no lunch but dinner) while those
in the majority holds tenaciously to 001 (no breakfast, no lunch but dinner).
The unemployed without any mutual support either
from relatives, friends and other benefactors, no doubt belong to the category
of formula 001 and if you happen to be one of them, you do not have to lose hope
of survival provided you keep to these five steps that can help you to make a
moderate living during these hard days of human existence.
1. Be
thankful to God
Founding yourself in this very awkward situation,
what you must do each day you are lucky to find yourself among the living is to
be thankful to the Almighty God for His grace and mercies by whatever good
means open to you all the time. It is quite necessary to focus on the good
rather than the dark side of your own life because no matter what, you are
still far better than thousands of people around. That is why supporting the
common saying that when you count your blessings, you must thank your stars is
not misplaced no matter how you looks at it.
2. Avoid
vicious circle against peaceful coexistence.
The next step is shun whatever may be vicious to
your own core existence, by this it is meant something like resentment,
jealously, envy and self pity since they are all a sort of an ill-wind that
will never blow you any good. If you feel jealous or are envious of those that
seem to be making it in life far ahead of you while you are on the throes of
adversity, you only injure yourself more both mentally and attitudinally.
3. Self-giving
attitude
For you to have a conscience that can propel you to
the greater realm of life, you must learn to forgive those that have wronged in
one way or another both now and in the past. Holding on to the past hurts, may
further indirectly block your way instead of helping you to move ahead. If you
have it difficult to put the negative feelings and hurts behind you, just take
a sheet of paper and pour everything on paper, write, write and write until you
can no longer do so and at the end of it all just set the paper on fire. If you
do this on a number of times, it will be easy for you to maintain a clean heart
that will help you to move ahead.
Just put the foregoing into practice you will see
how easy it is to make a moderate living even when unemployed.
