With ref "Zezti" getting his job -- well done fella - I'd like to submit this "connected" anacdote which people may find interesting or enjoyable and one which has stuck with me.
On being lucky enough to visit Disney World in Florida with my better half and the bairns who were toddlers at the time, we were going through a part of the attractions which was showing the cartoonists / drawers hard at work. They were working on Alladin I think. Anyway, we were able once the demonstration was over to ask the cartoonist a question. I put my hand up - my missus looked at me as if I was going to embarrass her ha ha - and I was able to ask a question. How I asked do you get such a prestiges job as an drawer / artist, at Walt Disney? The young chap replied that that he thought he had applied about 25 times to get an interview. Eventually, he was given an interview and he was overjoyed as you can imagine to be offered a position. On his first day at work, he bumped into the one of the people who was part of the panel who interviewed him. He asked "why did you choose me, I'd tried 25 times before for a job, why now?" He said the man said with a wry smile "because you applied 25 times".
They were looking for someone who didn't give up, that if they persisted they'd get there in the end. I suspect Zezti and others who will corroborate the meaning in my anecdote. It also applicable in many ways to mental health in an assortment of ways. I have looked at the people I support with huge admiration for their "persistence", having experienced all sorts of heartache and pain and eventually, carrying on and picking up their lives. The inner strength needed to bounce back when faced with adversity. We all have inner strength and determination we often feel we don't have. Take care all.
