- Dec 23, 2012
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Early in October of last year, I lost my job for all the wrong reasons. What I mean is that I was a model employee, but (this is a rare instance in which I just have to be disagreeable about the behavior of others I personally know) some of my coworkers wanted to manipulate me into letting them get away with job-related irresponsibility after I was promoted, and when it became clear to them that I would do no such thing, they got my fired in lieu of promotion.
So, one of the first things I did was I went for a long, long walk, and prayed very, very, very hard. After I prayed, I found a piece of Virgin Mary jewelry lying on the ground, took it as maybe some weird sort of sign. But for a while, no dice...
Now later I subconsciously recollected Dante Alighieri's description of Mary as "humble beyond all creatures and more exalted," and from there it was a short step to Christ's repeated "the last will be first" message. My first job in my life was as a writing and mathematics tutor at a local community college, so I was already dispirited when I had to settle for a fast-food job at Dairy Queen after I was out of school. I was dead-set against applying now at McDonald's (the closest alternative to DQ for me), and yet...
I realized that if I applied at McD's, it'd be a sign of exceptional humility on my part. I would have to work my way up again, from one of the lowest points on the employment scale... Yet that would be a clear "last to first" transition, if I could make it. So I applied at McD's when all other hope seemed lost, and now...
Now, it's gone just like when Christ says that the host of the party invites his or her most poorly-seated guest to sit at his or her right hand. That is, the general manager has already singled me out as his most promising new employee (and based on the positive reference he got from my previous general manager--it was the local DQ owner's decision to have me let go there, I'll note--perhaps his most promising employee in a long time or even ever), and I've only been working for a month.
So I guess this is a strong testimony as to the power of true Christian modesty...
So, one of the first things I did was I went for a long, long walk, and prayed very, very, very hard. After I prayed, I found a piece of Virgin Mary jewelry lying on the ground, took it as maybe some weird sort of sign. But for a while, no dice...
Now later I subconsciously recollected Dante Alighieri's description of Mary as "humble beyond all creatures and more exalted," and from there it was a short step to Christ's repeated "the last will be first" message. My first job in my life was as a writing and mathematics tutor at a local community college, so I was already dispirited when I had to settle for a fast-food job at Dairy Queen after I was out of school. I was dead-set against applying now at McDonald's (the closest alternative to DQ for me), and yet...
I realized that if I applied at McD's, it'd be a sign of exceptional humility on my part. I would have to work my way up again, from one of the lowest points on the employment scale... Yet that would be a clear "last to first" transition, if I could make it. So I applied at McD's when all other hope seemed lost, and now...
Now, it's gone just like when Christ says that the host of the party invites his or her most poorly-seated guest to sit at his or her right hand. That is, the general manager has already singled me out as his most promising new employee (and based on the positive reference he got from my previous general manager--it was the local DQ owner's decision to have me let go there, I'll note--perhaps his most promising employee in a long time or even ever), and I've only been working for a month.
So I guess this is a strong testimony as to the power of true Christian modesty...
