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Just wanted to say I agree, and have been 'stepped on' for as long as I can remember too..

I was fired from 58 jobs and I did nothing blatantly wrong; all for little things, they said there was something strange about me and proceeded to fired me..

I had very, very successful family and they rejected me at this point...

I waitressed at a little family run diner and found acceptance (and found for the 1st time I was not being fired..) with this eccentric family

That gave me the confidence to apply for graduate school,where I am today, on the road to becoming a teacher

You say you 'just...' have good values.....GOOD VALUES ARE UNDERRATED!!!

I find society a place that walks all over people too, although I find myself being more and more assertive; as funny as it feels, assertiveness is ESSENTIAL in today's society..

Happy Thanksgiving a-long-ways......I hope and pray your dinner was maybe not ideal' but tolerable......

Thinking of you love Junerain