How despite this woman’s life trials, she’d still, worked her, to make her own way, made her own life, count! A true inspiration here, translated…
Soon Enough, Everybody’s Realized, that Ching is, a Very, Hardworking Employee, and Found that the Stubbornness of Her Behaviors were……………
The Re-Start at Age Fifty
The very first impression that Ching gave, was that she’s too thin, that she can get carried away by the wind, and that she was very thorough, in following-through of the words of the career-counseling agency. Even though you can’t tell by looking at her, she’s already fifty years old, other than moderately mentally decapacitated, her legs were born uneven-lengthed, and the after effect of her brain injuries, it’d made it hard for her to find work. And because of this, as the workers of First Welfare found that there’s a janitorial position opening up, and the work was only for half a day, the center immediately matched it up for Ching, and Ching was successfully, matched too.
At first, the employment center worker worked alongside Ching, to help her get acquainted to the environment, and the process of working at the location. Although she already had prior experiences in working in this field, but as she’d started there were, the difficulties, for instance, a side effect from her brain injuries caused her to not remember so well, it takes her long to learn her routes, and what she needed to do, plus she lacked self-confidence, kept worrying if she’d forgotten to do something, if she’d done her work to perfection, she just lets it get to her, and, naturally, she couldn’t be free to work on her own. To resolve all of these, the employment helper discussed with her manager, to find a route of work that suited her the best, so she could go according to schedule, to not need to worry, if she’d, forgotten something.
And soon enough, everybody found, that Ching is, a very good employee, and that her behaviors are, sometimes, funny, sometimes, they’re, weird, from her stubbornness. For instance, the coworker realized that Ching had never used the sanitizing fluids to clean the restrooms; but, as Ching heard, she’d pulled the money from her own pockets, and bought a bottle of shower gel, believed, that this was the best product for cleaning. And her coworker thought that maybe, she didn’t dare ask her manager, and had the manager communicate with the employment help center counselor, to let her know, that the foundation not only provided the tools for her to use to clean, that she’d not needed to buy the products herself, and helped her understood the differences between the bath gels, and the cleaning agent, and it’d finally, helped persuaded her to change what she was using to clean.
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As winter came, the temperatures dropped lower, and the coworkers found, that no matter how cold it got, Ching always wore short-sleeves. They all noted she was feeling the chilling weather but nobody understood why she’d not put a coat on? Out of concern, the coworker told her, that the weather was colder, that she can catch a cold if she keeps on dressing in short-sleeves, that it should be best, that she put a coat on, but she’d answered back matter-of-factly, “but working in long-sleeves made the work more inconvenient for me,” then persisted in wearing her short-sleeve shirts, until the cold fronts came, and she was, finally, willing to put on a coat.
The Hard Path of Life She’d, Traveled to Here
Ching is very stubborn on “doing the job right,” whatever was obstructing her path in working well, all got, put out of sight. Because of her careful nature, and her limitations, she was nagged by the electronic factory manager, that she was working too slow; thankfully, her perfectionistic attitude, and her work ethics, it’d made her persisted in her station for a long, long time, and during the time of work in the electronic factory, she’d met her husband who was also an operator like her, they’d started a family together, and had two children.
And yet, the awful parts of this seemingly happy family, was her son’s being diagnosed with a rare form of neurofibromatosis, and her husband, with cancer. Even as she’d done her best, looking after them both, they’d still, passed, what’s more heart-wrenching was that she had a brain tumor too.
After the tumor was removed by surgical means, Ching started experiencing the aftereffects of her condition, she couldn’t see clearly, couldn’t hear clearly, she’d feel dizzy when she worked too long, and all of these are, impacting her career outlook, and no matter how hard she’d worked, her physical conditions wouldn’t allow her to work for long hours, which caused her to have a hard time finding and keeping a job. Although she still has her mother, her older sister she could rely on from her own home, but, thinking about how her older sister is married, and is caring for her mother, she didn’t want to become a burden to her family, and decided to live with her daughter alone on their own.
And, the days went by like so, with coming of the years, her daughter started growing independent from her, with her own differences of belief, and they’d often conflicted with one another. She’d thought for a long time, and finally decided to part; but, this also meant, that she needed to start making her own way to pay for her rent and her daily spendings. And, right around this time, a neighbor mentioned to her of the First Welfare Foundation’s employment help for the handicapped persons, and she’d immediately contacted the agency, and, with the help of the employment counselor, she’d started making her own way, and every now and then, she’d gotten together with her daughter, living her life with ease.
And so despite how this woman had the handicaps, and how she’d, weathered the losses of her husband and her son, she’d still, found her place in the world, making her own way, and this showed, how if you’re willing to work hard for your lives, help will be, given to you, that you can find the supports you are in need of, if only, you are, looking for them.
Life, the Obstacle Course 