Thank you so much for your comment! I appreciate you sharing your own struggles.

And I can relate to what you said here…the “lazy” statement has been applied to me too, despite all my efforts in life.
People feel comfortable looking down on others and judging what they don’t understand. I’ve been told I’m lazy, a moocher, that I’m not doing anything, etc.

We do indeed deserve respect as human beings…no matter what our job status (or lack thereof) may be. What the people judging others fail to realize is that they can find themselves in the same situation, or worse.
Being unemployed isn’t a moral or personal failure like so many seem to believe. Nor does it mean we deserve abuse and to be treated as inferior.

I appreciate all of what you said here. Compassion and respect are vital for those of us without jobs, especially when others don’t know our personal struggles.
Thanks so much for writing this!