Fifty third week-No rest for the weary

This past week I sloughed through a nasty cold trying to maintain my job search in hopes that something will come up. As all who have been unemployed for a long period of time knows, there is always a danger of falling ill and not being able to pay medical bills. Scary stories abound of people being left out on the streets because they can no longer afford to live in the apartment or house they lived in for years. You try to put a good face on it, telling everyone around you that everything will be alright when inside you feel like screaming.

When you're fighting an illness, it becomes even tougher to find work. I do believe that long term unemployment does rob your health, if you let it. Stress from trying and failing to be someone one you're not often brings on illness as well. There doesn't appear to be any rest for the weary. You do get to the point where your body feels like it wants to shut down....yet you keep pressing. Stop it! Even the Lord took a break to go off by himself.

You need to schedule a vacation for yourself...take one week and just don't do anything at all. So, that's what I'm going to do next week....take a break before I end up really sick.