Don't Give Up...Even After The Empire Strikes Back

At the turn of the millennium, I was driven by happenstance to take a higher paying job and co-workers had chucklingly informed me that I was going to work for "the Death Star"...ironically the "Death Star" itself (AND many competing companies) imploded in late 2001, along with many other financial-services companies in the U.S.

The Empire struck-back by laying off ALMOST EVERY EMPLOYEE without a significant tenure. One of them was ME. (I've since developed Multiple Sclerosis, so I'm happy to have paid into Social Security for the span of time that I was able to do so...even the era when I worked for the "Death Star"...which as time has shown, was NOT the worst evil to be feared).

You can't blame either company for shedding their staffs. At least 2 of their main offices were ruined at 5 and 7 World Trade Center on the day two planes hit the towers next-door...so no matter what your circumstance...just remember that even when it seems like the world is over, life goes on. So be thankful for what you have already saved.

--mattergy