Yes, you read this right. I'm currently on welfare, living on food stamps (Access Card) and wondering when I can finally get out from under this stressful existence. It hasn't been a bad week. I learned some things I hadn't known about before I was actually in this situation.
1) Money is still tight. Access cards are not a way out. It's only a stop gap measure.
2) It is very easy to get food, but not that easy to get cash for food.
3) The stigma of being on welfare makes people look at you differently....but it's not as bad as I imagined it would be.
I will continue to struggle with this for a while as I try to adjust my thinking downward and move to find ways to gain revenue quickly and legally.
Yes, you may consider me lazy now for taking this handout. You may even be asking yourself why I haven't gotten gainful employment as yet. Believe me, I sometimes ask myself that same question. I pray for that job and for someone to give me a chance. It isn't easy being considered a pariah and untouchable because I've been out of the workforce for so long. I do fight with my inner feelings and with my relations because of this. Anyone who knows me knows that I do work hard. Yet I feel like I'm spinning my wheels here...:-(
How can I get someone to notice me and take a chance? How many others are like me struggling to get noticed and get paid for their work? I don't know. We are hidden from view and cast aside.
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