What Would You Do
Today's blog post is inspired by true events
If you were someone in power, and you had a life-threatening illness, what would you do if your illness incapacitated you to the point where your ability to do your job was diminished? Would you hold onto your job, your source of income and pride, or would you quit, putting your health first? For many people, this is a reality, when chronic pain and their age become an issue. Today, I will pick a short dramatization in which names were changed for privacy sake.
Betty Warner is a manager of a small apartment where she has a virtuous vision, allowing people to have a second chance and gain accessible housing. Betty has came down with a serious illness, cancer. Her building has deteriorated, and her residents continue to disrespect her authority as she remains absent due to health reasons. Her residents have became so unruly that she has became fed up and she has sought to lay down an ultimatum. She has called forth a meeting for all residents, and although the building has more than ten residents, only five show up to the meeting, with two of them being problematic residents. Betty makes a statement, including naming what is going on at the building, saying that it needs to stop as she is sick and does not have the time to babysit the problematic residents. She offers the rational conclusion which is she will evict any residents who continue to cause problems, as her feelings are hurt, because she feels that she has lost her control as owner and manager of her building. Additionally, she states that if her illness continues to degrade her physical condition, she will be forced to sell the building. What Betty needs is a miracle, as all hope is lost.
How would you feel if your health, job, and possibly life, started to slip down the drain? Would you cry, and question God? Would you cling to what you know, and give your fate to the keeper of the stars? One problem humanity will always face is what to do when someone fails to respect you? For a person in a position of power, their authority is not something they abuse, but instead wield. When no one takes the authority seriously, it is rather disheartening. When one is crestfallen, the act of belittlement is exhausting. As far as I'm concerned, Betty has every right to sell the property, no questions asked. What her decision will be when it comes to the future of her property will be one of the most trying decisions she ever has made. Have you been in Betty's shoes before, maybe with your job, family, or friends? Being an authority is horrible when no one respects your authority. For a sick man or woman, it could even cripple the recovery process via stress.
I hope you felt compassion for Betty. God knows I do. If you're out there, reading this, please send your get well wishes. I feel for her, and I know you would, too. Life is hell when you have cancer. Her employment predicament makes it a double whammy. Ciao!
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Today's blog post is inspired by true events
If you were someone in power, and you had a life-threatening illness, what would you do if your illness incapacitated you to the point where your ability to do your job was diminished? Would you hold onto your job, your source of income and pride, or would you quit, putting your health first? For many people, this is a reality, when chronic pain and their age become an issue. Today, I will pick a short dramatization in which names were changed for privacy sake.
Betty Warner is a manager of a small apartment where she has a virtuous vision, allowing people to have a second chance and gain accessible housing. Betty has came down with a serious illness, cancer. Her building has deteriorated, and her residents continue to disrespect her authority as she remains absent due to health reasons. Her residents have became so unruly that she has became fed up and she has sought to lay down an ultimatum. She has called forth a meeting for all residents, and although the building has more than ten residents, only five show up to the meeting, with two of them being problematic residents. Betty makes a statement, including naming what is going on at the building, saying that it needs to stop as she is sick and does not have the time to babysit the problematic residents. She offers the rational conclusion which is she will evict any residents who continue to cause problems, as her feelings are hurt, because she feels that she has lost her control as owner and manager of her building. Additionally, she states that if her illness continues to degrade her physical condition, she will be forced to sell the building. What Betty needs is a miracle, as all hope is lost.
How would you feel if your health, job, and possibly life, started to slip down the drain? Would you cry, and question God? Would you cling to what you know, and give your fate to the keeper of the stars? One problem humanity will always face is what to do when someone fails to respect you? For a person in a position of power, their authority is not something they abuse, but instead wield. When no one takes the authority seriously, it is rather disheartening. When one is crestfallen, the act of belittlement is exhausting. As far as I'm concerned, Betty has every right to sell the property, no questions asked. What her decision will be when it comes to the future of her property will be one of the most trying decisions she ever has made. Have you been in Betty's shoes before, maybe with your job, family, or friends? Being an authority is horrible when no one respects your authority. For a sick man or woman, it could even cripple the recovery process via stress.
I hope you felt compassion for Betty. God knows I do. If you're out there, reading this, please send your get well wishes. I feel for her, and I know you would, too. Life is hell when you have cancer. Her employment predicament makes it a double whammy. Ciao!
Contact me:
Email:
brylock62@gmail.com
Twitter:
@BPLovecraft
Twitter for writers and readers:
@SirVarnerAuthor
Tumblr:
forgottensoul13
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bryan.varner.509
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