Believing That You Can Believing That You Can
overcome neither fear, greed, nor anything. It is the love
through us that helps overcome these unpleasant things.
Love is an aspiration to an ideal that makes it idealistic.
When a person falls in love, it is in the darling he/she sees
and appreciates the love. Also, the person does not notice
the shortcomings of his/her beloved. Having been inspired
by an ideal love, people write poems, music, create
paintings and images. The optimal of love clears away
roughness, platitude, and cruelty. Love, this excellent
feeling is one of the main values of life. Love is a power
that can do many splendid things. Be loving and loveable.
We all need it.
Gaukhar Besbai attends the Adult and Alternative Education Center in
Key West. Her teacher is Ms. Josephson.
Working in America
Coming from Jamaica to work in America is very hard.
When I came to America, the first place I started working
was a hotel on St. Pete Beach. I didn’t like my work hours
because my shift was very long. Sometimes, I had to go to
work from 6 A.M. to 7 P.M or from 12 noon to 11 P.M.
When I got home from work, I didn’t have time to make
dinner. I just had time to shower and go to bed with an
empty stomach. I often asked myself the question, “Why do
I do this job?” But I did it just to get money to pay my bills
and to send for my children in Jamaica. It was difficult to
get home from work. The city bus came every half hour. It
took me three buses to get to work from where I live. It was
difficult to share a seat with some people on the bus – they
don’t smell pleasant! I didn’t like the type of work I was
doing one bit! I was a lobby attendant.
My job was to keep the lobby and the restrooms clean.
Some of my coworkers weren’t nice to me. They didn’t
want to do their jobs. They told me to do their work. That
made me upset, but I did it anyway. Sometimes, it was
difficult for me to go to school because some of my
coworkers wanted to change days off with me. They also
wanted to have Wednesdays and Thursdays off, which were
my school days. I had to put my foot down and say “no”, to