by Rev. Kathryn Haueisen
It's a numbers game.
Put out 100 resumes.
Hear back on 10.
Get one interview.
"Well, thank you for your time.
I'm sorry but your skills
—while they are many—
aren't quite what we wanted."
Put out another 100 resumes.
Hear back on 10.
Get one interview.
"Sorry—you've got good qualifications—
but not what we need right now."
Put out more resumes.
Oh God.
I have no strength left to put out more resumes.
To make more calls.
To read more classifieds.
The odds are against me.
"Bad attitude."
That's what they say about people like me.
"Got a bad attitude."
Perhaps I do.
If so—I'm sorry.
Forgive me; I am weak.
I am weary.
I am defeated.
But you are not.
You are strong.
Well Lord—as awful as this numbers game is—
I know no other way.
Grant me strength to go it one more round.
Maybe this time one of the 10 who respond will say "Welcome aboard."
Grant me strength Lord.
I have none.
Thank you God, that you do.
Thank you for your strength that sustains me.
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