(((((((((((Okie))))))))))))))),

I know it is hard to end up being fired, but sometimes things happen in our lives to get us out of the ruts we have been in & can't find a way out of ourselves, or we might not even realize that we are in a rut because is it so much a part of our lives.

I am 54 & a forced retired aerospace engineer......I've been where you are & know how devistated it feels to loose what was me.....Who I was. The best part is that there is now time to look & analyze the past & focus on where you want to go in the future. That is a very good thing even if is doesn't look that way at this time. I felt that I wasn't good enough, that some how I failed at being perfect in my job because there never was anything that I couldn't do. Turned out I realized I couldn't sell myself out for the job or force myself to be the kind of person I really didn't want to be just to keep the job that was my life.

I couldn't see the good at the time, because of the hurt & loss I was feeling at loosing the one thing that was my identity & not on my terms. It does become clearer in the long run & it is important to remember that we aren't our jobs, but the values we bring to them.

It will be ok....the future will be even better than what you had now,
Debbie