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I never was a person who wanted a handout. i was a cafeteria worker. i'm not too proud to ask the best western manager to give me a job. i have cleaned homes.

-Shirley Jackson

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I Never Was A Person Who Wanted

Shirley Jackson

I never was a person who wanted a handout. i was a cafeteria worker. i'm not too proud to ask the best western manager to give me a job. i have cleaned homes.

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Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.

So when somebody asks me to make a decision about a situation, i don't offer a solution, i ask a question: what are our options? give me the good, give me the bad, give me the pretty, give me the ugly, give me the impossible, give me the possible, give me the convenient, give me the inconvenient. give me the options. all i want are options. and once i have all the options before me, then i comfortably and confidently make my decision.

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