Welcome to Getting Up Again.com…
…the path of new beginnings, fresh recoveries and the destination site for anyone in the process of surviving unemployment or pursuing destiny. You may have come here as the victim of a layoff, downsizing or a corporate restructure. Or maybe you’re currently working but in a position that is far beneath your potential. Whatever the case, this site was created as an empowerment tool for you. So, no matter what brought you to this specific point or place in life, our goal is to give you the tools and resources necessary to outlast your current situation and “Get Up Again”. This is the time to pursue your ultimate purpose in life and become who you were meant to be. Your destiny awaits!
Surviving Unemployment
As I write this article about waiting, it’s important for me to describe my current situation. It’s December of 2002 and my Christmas joy is restrained by the fact that I am unemployed. This is the second time in two years and it’s really getting old. I have submitted about 100 applications for jobs in the past two months, but to no avail. To make matters worse, my wife and I have just looked at our monthly budget and, unless God intervenes in a supernatural way, we’re going to be short by about $177. And that figure is after we’ve cut out all discretionary spending (including Christmas gifts) and slashed our grocery budget.
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Pursuing Destiny
If you want to find out the purpose of something, would you ask the thing or would you ask its maker? Put plainly, if you wanted to know the purpose for a machine, would you ask the machine or would you ask its creator. The answer appears obvious. No matter how advanced or intelligent the machine, the purpose of the machine originates from the mind of the Creator. It’s the same with us. In order to find out the deep questions of our existence (“Why was I created?” “What was I born to do?” “Why was I put in this particular time and place?”) we need to ask our Creator.
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Being Super Dad
Before becoming a father, I was one of their biggest critics. I criticized fathers who didn’t express love towards their children. I laughed at fathers who didn’t express their feelings verbally. And I regularly joined in conversations where we berated “deadbeat dads” and those who left the home when their children were young. Now, as a father, I still don’t condone any of those things. In fact, I have a much better appreciation for their importance and the severe impact they can have on children. But I also see many reasons why fathers fail in so many areas. And to those fathers I say “I don’t agree, but I understand.”
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