justathought

i attended a women’s conference today.  The topic was about the power of the tongue.  For those of you whose minds lend toward the gutter, you can imagine all kinds of things with that title.  Let me clarify to say it was a women’s conference at a friend’s church.  The pastor, a well-spoken woman expressed her powerful a tool we have in our voice.  We should never be afraid to use this weapon because it is the tool God gave us to be a changing force in this world.  If we speak it so shall it be.  Attending the conference made me remember that God is powerful.  I am God’s daughter, so it stands to reason that there is an awesome amount of power in me.  In these rough times, it is vital that we remember things like that.

Is it just me or are we pushing drugs to the American public in one breath and then screaming illegalities in the next?  It seems every day now I am hearing an ad on the radio that encourages listeners to “Enjoy the Stimulex Experience!”  Based on this ad, it seems that Stimulex is a drug that will put you in the mood for sex.  It only requires you to put a small strip in your mouth just before you are ready to get busy.  The ad further encourages you to share it with your partner.  Hmmm . . . . .sounds like ecstasy to me.  I guess it is only illegal if the pharmaceutical companies can’t get paid from it.  Maybe that is also the reason why marijuana will never be legal . . . government can’t figure out a way to control the production of the drug.

I kicked my niece out this week.  She has been living with me for the past year and held a job for probably three to four months total during that time.  I invited her to live with me and my boyfriend because she graduated high school and was having no success in finding a job in our home town.  This is during a time when the whispers of recession were beginning (note we had been in one for at least a year, but the whispers were just starting).  I was certain that I could help to focus her and get her started down the path to her future.

In the beginning, things went well.  She found a job and then she found two.  However,she was let go from the first staffing agency assignment when the project ended.  She worked at Old Navy for the holiday season, but after the holiday rush, she was let go there as well.  After these disappointments she lost focus, got into a relationship, and has barely looked for anything more.

She says she wants to work, but she is not looking hard enough . . . .especially now with so many people out of work.  Looking for a job requires a disciplined focus that I cannot get her to fully understand.  I gave her 30 days to either find a job or show proof of aggressively searching for work.  If she was not able to meet these requirements, I would be forced to put her out.

Thirty days came due this week and she had no job.  She has been staying with a friend for the last month.  I suspect because she wanted to adjust to no longer living in my home and because she wanted the freedom of having overnight company (which I prohibited while she remained unemployed).  I asked her (via text) to provide the proof of job search and she responded by letting me know she would be coming by to pick up all of her stuff.

I am torn.  Did I do the right thing?  How can I make her see how important it is to get her life started now?