I felt sad this evening

[SwampG8r]

9. ah manny

if is the biggest word i know
im like you my wife found her niche early and so did i and we became cogs in the great machine
the machine has taken care of us both all these years because we caught on quick and took the classes
but in all that time i have seen so many who could not become cogs
myself i am a lifer line cook one of the few workplaces in america that knows only meritocracy and because i am talented i have always been valued. during my life i work with many of the broken toys life tosses out. since 1977 i have been trying to bring them back into the toybox. in kitchens poor people work and the undereducated work and i have always had at least one in every kitchen that i have worked with to improve. we get high school drop outs with no skills. we make them dishwashers and busboys. these are jobs most call dead end jobs with no future.when they hire one i start working them. busboys become dishwashers, dishwashers become prep cooks,prep cooks become line cooks, sometimes they become chef. behind me is an army in toques each led into a better paying and more "respected" level and life . i spent my life doing what i love and the payment i made was to bring as many with me as i could.
my dividends are calls and cards from so many people i have been honored to know.
my wife has her version of this in her professional life also, she is an arnp cnm with i think last count 4000 deliveries
if (big word) we want a world where we help each other we have to live as though that is the way the world is and help each other.

this is the first time i signed on in a while i stopped signing in or interacting much on du during the 2014 cycle when support for crist was being demanded from me again after support for kendrick meek (the democratic primary winner) was backburnered in 2012 florida senate race where a 3rd party candidate was allowed to be pushed here.a former gop 3rd party candidate at that. 3rd way triangulatian and all you understand im sure. i saw the tone of this and it made me sign in.
you bring me a lot of pleasure manny i come here and read you and i smile. i get what you are saying and i love the twisted panties hair on fire response you get.
i just want you to know manny we are out here quietly making life better. its the oly thing i have found that works.