Why is it that when life seems so replete with joy and contentment, that reality has to rear its head and bite you in the face? I sat through a teleconference on Friday with my staff and my boss and we were, ironically on Good Friday, hung on sacrificial crosses and sacrificed to the God of profits and corporate greed. The management of my company has been caught with their hands in the cookie jar and they may face bankruptcy. In the meantime, they are closing underperforming divisions, which includes my program. I had said recently to my Dad that things were going almost too well. Well, not anymore.

My boss did give me six weeks of continued employment and then a paltry severance which includes some company stock that will be about worthless by the time I get it. The CEO and his family have apparently been playing fast and loose with some company assets and a large refinancing package is in jeopardy because of it. Job One for me now is to find a new job. There is a job fair tomorrow and I am spending countless hours on the phone networking with my local agents letting them know what is going on and seeing what might be available out there. I felt for Darryl when CF closed down and thought that I empathized with him. Now I truly do.

It's a damn shame as we were really turning the underwriting around and were starting to pull in some significant profits as a company. I'm not consumed with bitterness or anger and my energies are all going into finding a new job and getting into some serious networking with my agents and insurance contacts. I already have a number of leads and I'll spend tomorrow at an all day Career Expo. I have to get back into interviewing shape, remembering that I'm on the other side of the desk now, being interviewed rather than doing the interviewing. I'll keep you all posted on how I'm doing. As for now, I have to get at it.

Do me a huge favor and PRAY for me. God is getting my attention again and I know that all will work out for the best, because God is in Control of my life and God will provide. Thanks.