This Is What I Do
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Attending to unpleasant duties would make Will impatient to have some fun and relaxation this evening. He would go out for a nice meal and maybe a drink, yet still get home fairly early. Perhaps he would pursue his long neglected poetry interest.
His next session with Marianne would focus on all of this. He shared a couple of his writings with her, and she could see that he had some talent in this area. She reminded him that hobbies and recreational interests are important to help you unwind and cope with monotonous or uninteresting duties. But don't let your mood be obvious to customers, clients or fellow workers.
Will decided to join an otuings club that, for most of the year, specialized mostly on hiking and other outdoor recreation. He did so as an antidote to some of the stresses in his life at present. His relationship with Jenny slowed to just a casual friendship, and then there was Christy, to whom he was strongly attracted to in the beginning, but as other s tressors caught up with him, he began to devote less attention to her.
One night she called Will and more or less issued an ultimatum demanding more energy be spent on her rather than on that certain group. The relationship has obviously suffered because necessary nurturing has been denied for too long. However, she did tell him that forgiveness is available if he is prepared to compromise and restore balance to the relationship.
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Following a layoff from a corporate job, Will finds himself now entering a meditative stage when he would take stock of his life and examine where he would go from there. He would find it to be an excellent period in which to sort things out, make plans, decide what he really wanted, and then take action. He would fight to keep busy in order to refrain from negative thinking. And despite losing his significant other when she decides to take a walk on the wild side, encountering a woman who fleeces him, being forced into yet another corporate job and losing the confidence of a potential mentor when his wife becomes ill, coupled with the illness of his prime counseling advisor, he vows not to focus on the faults of other people or engage in judgmental behavior. He finds his calling as a counselor in a high school, where he would take the opportunity to guide young men and women into leading productive lives. He would attend to matters such as keeping a couple of young men from the pitfalls of gangs and drugs, and becomes an accidental activist when confronted with beaucratic limitations, all the while listening to the viewpoints and opinions of others which would help him learn more about the people he was dealing with.
About the Author
My name is Brian Beecher, and this is my very first publishing endeavor. In addition to this book I also have written song lyrics or glorified poetry for much of my life, and hope to have them set to music in the not too distant future. I have also considered writing a screenplay or having a book translated into one. I am currently working on a second book which I hope to publish in early 2009. I currently reside in the western suburbs of Chicago.