Why "Toughing It Out" on a Bad Job is a Bad Idea!

Let me take you, reader of this article, to find out why "toughing" it doesn't work, unless......

1. You recognize that this is a great opportunity to know yourself at your best by keeping a journal; assessing your transferable skills; networking with your peers and others; and having a positive attitude no matter what.

After 13 years of Sunday lessons, you can hold forth at drop of a hat, or a barbell as case may be.

I was in a weight room and my audience was custodian.

I had seen him for several weeks. We exchanged pleasantries, but nothing else save one request about 3 weeks previously to pray for him.

I said I would, but didn’t tell him my background in “praying business.”

He is about 25, a nice enough fellow, and reasonably happy with his job. Other than that, I don’t know anything about him.

The other day, I was weightlifting and he walked into weight room.

Out of proverbial blue, he said, “I never understood what “There, but for Grace of God, go I’ means. What does that mean?”