"Day Job" survey

The "reason" just hasn't made itself known...yet, BUT....it WILL!

Mary...whenever I've talked with you on the phone your "thought process" reminds me of a term I first heard many yars ago when a car mfgr coined the words...."ELECTRO-GLIDE".

You have a LOT on the "ball" Mary (especially your "attitude")....and as long as you keep "tossin' stuff against the wall" Some of it's gonna stick.

Only a matter of time.

Love ya Mary.....Don Alm

> Hi Don!

> Hello to anybody else who's reading this.

> I took a job with the Transportation
> Security folks (USA, for those outside the
> united 50 on this side of the world - - And
> a special **THANK YOU** to all NON-
> Americans for not being AS- er, . . . . .
> difficult. You know what security is about.
> We're still hoping we're isolated from the
> need, and that all 'this' is just over
> reaction . . .).

> Anyway,

> I've been trying to integrate the various
> facets of my persona fora very long time.
> What I get from others is definitely opposed
> to my view of myself.

> I seem to have a choice of
> "occupations" I could pursue, and
> perform with some excellence. Training and
> education is just the "dues" to be
> paid. No sweat. (What I mean is that I've
> discovered a bunch of stuff that, if I want
> to, I could do it.)

> Yeah, yeah, it sounds like some boasting - -
> Tough! It aint! I'd just like to find that
> activity that sparks my passion. I want the
> thing that I can do, everyday, 15 hours or
> so everyday, and never feel like I'm
> working, or that feels like I must satisfy
> some "rule" or "need" in
> somebody else to believe I'm fulfilling it.
> And I need to feel like what I'm doing is
> useful, both to me and to others.

> So, this job was so different from any other
> experience I've had, both in tasks and in
> structure, that I thought I might get a clue
> about who I REALLY am, and why God has me
> here.

> And I DID! (BTW, this particular job aint
> it. It falls in the category of "in the
> meantime.")

> Jeez!

> I know now, without a shadow of doubt, that
> I'm a "people person."

> Trite phrase to be sure, but accurate. I'm
> approaching airline passengers everyday - -
> some with issues, others with attitudes and
> a few stomp down
> 'yo-mama-shoulda-beat-yo-ass-long-time-ago'
> idiots - - and when they leave me, they're
> smiling, thanking me, and commenting on how
> much they appreciate what "we're"
> doing. (WE aint all doing it. I provoked the
> comment. But what the hell.)

> I'm writing these experiences down, and I'm
> annotating my observations with stuff that's
> happened to me in the past, and finding
> correlations to these new experiences.

> To be honest, all that recording is for me.
> And a good bit of my motivation for doing so
> is just the act of doing it . . .

> I want to analyze all that stuff and finally
> put together what that "thing" is
> that makes me believe I'm not a "people
> person" (gimme my damn computer and
> leave me alone!), and all that stuff that
> points in the opposite direction.

> My inclination is to keep writing, and I
> will. You guys just won't get to read it,
> yet!

> Had to say hello, Don, and to you Dien, this
> is my first stop when I fire up the old
> modem.

> And I didn't forget you Boyd. Hope all is
> well . . .

> Marye