Are you unemployed? I am.

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Lately, I've been noticing that the figures of unemployment are on the rise. I myself have been laid off for about a year. Although I do freelance work, it still has taken a toll on my earning capacity. There are days I'm fraught with fear about the future, wondering if I'll make it through. What’s worse, many of us have lost things we worked so hard to buy. We may have had to move out of our nice apartments and back to our parent’s, or had to watch the repo man come and collect that awesome four wheel drive that would have ben ours except that we defaulted on a few instalments. I feel sad thinking of what could’ve been, but I chose to look at the positive side. They can repossess my house, but they can't repossess my family. I can always buy another house, but the people that are emotionally and relationally tied to me will always be mine and mine alone, and nobody can take them away from me. I started this thread as a way to motivate those who, just like me, are coping with the trauma of being unemployed and all the baggage that comes with it. If we can all remember one thing we are thankful for that can't be taken away, it will help get a huge weight off our being whilst inspiring many who might stumble onto this post looking for hope during impossible situations. So the question is simple to all my unemployed brothers and sisters - What have you lost and what are you glad you can never lose? I hope to read some awesome comments and be inspired by your declaration of hope.