Journal: Disenfranchised
-------------------------------------------Mood: Guess what!?
Yesterday I was browsing through the house wares and toys at a thrift shop and as usual couldn’t resist the offer of a bag of books for a mere two dollars. I always check out used books and have been known to buy the same book twice, three times or even more and then give them to friends and family. I have even been known to purchase back books that I have donated, and to buy books at yard sales to donate. I digress though from my story.
On Thursday I had been told that I was laid off from my dream job,-that position being a night shift janitor at a large copper mine near here. Now, a day later I was applying for EI benefits and shopping at the Sally Ann! I thumbed through a book about writing I had found buried under the glossy efforts of Danielle Steele, Norah Jones and a steamy horde of harlequins when I came upon the phrase describing the “historically disenfranchised”. I tucked the book into the recycled grocery bag to mingle with Hamlet, a Cholesterol Counter, several novels (good, bad and ugly) and a Moosehead Cookbook that I once owned or probably still do own and would use if I could find it. Driving home, I made a mental note to look up the meaning of the word. I somehow felt a kinship with the disenfranchised of the world now that I had been wrongfully dismissed from my job. The fact that I was taking legal action and was assured my rights had been violated did not stop that painful sting of rejection or ease the queasy, sleazy uneasy feelings of low self-esteem. However, during the 6 months I had worked at my late life career, I had gleaned a new perspective on the meaning of life and certainly had tested my mettle. The contractor I worked for with due diligence and respect would provide many a humorous character study in the near future as would the some of co-workers she had provided me with. Indeed the circumstances of my dismissal could be the basis for a prime time sitcom. Suddenly I laughed aloud as I neared my cabin, --“Oh my! I have been hysterically disenfranchised. “
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