THE management called him Fantastic Fred. His innovations had saved the company a fortune during the six years he was employed there. So when he was summoned to an executive's office, Fred expected a raise or a promotion. Instead, the executive abruptly announced, We're letting you go.''

Fred could not believe his ears. " I was making good money and enjoying my work, but in one moment everything came tumbling down," he says. Later when Fred told his wife, Adele, about what had happened, she was equally stunned. "I felt as if my blood were draining out of me," She recalls. " I thought, ‘What are we going to do now?'"

What happened to Fred has happened to millions of other, as is shown accompanying graph. Yet, numbers alone do not reveal the crushing emotional impact of unemployment. Consider Raul, an immigrant from Peru who was laid off after 18 years of employment at a large hotel in New York City Raul searched for work, but in vain. For nearly 30 years, I had provided for my family," he says. "Now I felt like a failure as a man."

Raul's experience illustrates a fact that is well-known among the unemployed—that the loss of a job creates more than financial strain. Often, it cut to the very core of your being. "I began to fell worthless, " says Renee, whose husband, Matthew, was out of work for more than three years.  "If you have nothing, people treat you as nothing, and before long you begin to view yourself the way view you."

As if the emotional toll were not enough, each person who joins the ranks of the unemployed faces the additional challenge of living on less. "When we had the money, we never thought of cutting back, "Fred says. "But when the same expenses came-and we still had no work-we had no choice but to simplify."

While looking for work, you need to cope with the mental and emotional anxiety caused by unemployment. You may also have to live on less. First, let us consider two practical steps you can take to deal with the emotional challenges.

The number of people unemployed in 2008 in just three countries

Japan………………………2,650,000

Spain……………………….2,590,000

United States……………………………………………………………………………8,924,000

 Renee was at the breaking point her husband, Mathew, had been without steady employment for more than three years. "I was exploding what to expect made me so discouraged." Mathew tried to calm his wife's anxieties by explaining that cared for. "But you still don't have a job." Renee replied. "We need income."

 "Do Not Worry About Tomorrow"

Loss of a job inevitably creates anxiety. ‘How long will I be without work?' the unemployed person wonders. ‘How can we make ends meet in the meantime?'

While such concerns are normal, Jesus Christ gave realistic advice that can ease anxiety. He stated: "Do not worry about tomorrow … Each day has enough trouble of its own."-Mathew 6:34, the New Jerusalem Bible.

 Identify Your Fear 

Jesus was not saying that we should act as if our problem did not exist. However, worrying about what might happen tomorrow will only add to the emotional load of today. Frankly, we have little power over what may develop tomorrow, good or bad. But we can take measures to deal with the present.

Easier said than done? Absolutely. Rebecca, whose husband lost his job of 12 years, says: "When your emotions are so intense, it's difficult to think about matters logically. But we had to. So I tried to keep myself under control. When the thing I feared most never happened, I realized that it does no good to worry. By focusing on the present and its problems, we removed all kinds of stress."

Ask yourself: ‘what do I fear most? How likely is it that this fear will become a reality? How much energy do I expend worrying about what may or may not happen?

                        Cultivating contentment

Our viewpoint can affect our emotions. Thus, the bible urges this mental attitude: "having sustenance and covering, we shall be content with these things."  Being content means limiting our wants and being satisfied when our daily needs are met. Striving to satisfy the desire for more will only undermine your efforts to simplify.-Mark 4:19. 

SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN INCOME:

What is more important-your moral character or your income? Consider two Bible Proverbs.

"Better is the one of little means who is working in his integrity than anyone crooked in his ways, although he is rich." Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love than a manger-fed bull and hatred along with it."-Proverbs

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