This
book was written because I have an ongoing interest in people and their
relationships. I’m a people person. I’ve worked in industry for at least 25 years
and in schools for at least 13 years. The jobs that gave me the most
satisfaction and happiness, by far, were those that dealt with people, such as
serving customers over the counter, dealing with suppliers over the phone and
teaching students in high school. Whenever
I had a job in which I had a considerate boss and friendly co-workers, that
fact also contributed to my job satisfaction.
Sometimes I think about what the word “career” means to me, and I’ve
decided that it includes all the collective experiences in life that contribute
to who you are and make you a valuable person in society – someone who is
happiest when contributing to the betterment of one’s fellow man. In essence, as a teacher and author, all I
really want to do is make other people’s lives better.
Although I don’t like to talk about this
part of my life much, I’ve been married and divorced twice. If there’s anything this has taught me, it’s
that, just because you get married, it may not last forever, but that doesn’t
mean you can’t still be happy. You must
find out who you are, accept yourself fully and be happy with yourself before you
have any hope of making anyone else, such as a significant other, happy as
well.
The bottom line is that if you’re not
happy with your job or your life, in general, it’s probably due, at least in
part, to the quality of a relationship that you have. I want to share my extensive life experiences
with my readers in a fictional mode, as well as include some other experiences
that I believe are valuable lessons to learn in life: nothing happens without a
price to pay. However, you can be happy if you are willing to put
the time and energy into becoming the person you need and want to be.
A few of the stories in this book are
sequels to stories that appear in my first book, My Short Stories (Book One), published in 2011. The sequels are indicated by a “II” after the
title.
Please
visit my blog: http://annie-myshortstories3b.blogspot.com.
copyright 2013 - Anne Shier - all rights reserved.
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