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A fairly large portion of the population in the U.S. apparently thinks that highlighting the horrible parts of our country’s past is somehow unpatriotic, unnecessary or shameful. To me, the only shame would be not illuminating the periodic darkness that our nation has gone through. To learn from the past and be better people because of that knowledge is to pursue the “more perfect union” described in our Constitution. Thus, learning from our mistakes is the operational definition of “patriotic”.

In that spirit, I’d like to share a posting about the history of a specific time and region of northern California. I received this from my cousin Doozy. She was born and raised in the Klamath River area, near the Oregon border. Her mom, my aunt Evelyn, is a direct descendant of the native people described in this historical account. The only reason I had an aunt Evelyn and still have my cousin Doozy, is because their ancestors were among the few survivors of one such terrible period of our country.

(Credit for the original posting shown below goes to: The Hidden Historian, Facebook Group. I checked the information. It’s accurate.)

How should one think about a career? 

The best advice I got about this was from my first boss in Corporate Land. Lou said, “Don’t trust anyone else with your future.” He went on to explain.

“No one can unconditionally guarantee your livelihood, a promotion, a raise, a specific role.  Even people with employment agreements can’t stop a bankruptcy.  So we must look after our own future.  Each of us makes the decision to stay or go, in any business relationship, day by day.”

If you are to be fully accountable for what your life’s experiences are, particularly in your career, but really in every aspect of life, it means you have to know what you want, first of all. Too often we pick a direction or a career goal without enough thought, research and consideration, especially in our early years when we don’t have enough information to make an informed choice.  But after a couple of wrong turns, we begin to understand ourselves better and what we truly want.