According to the Federal Reserve’s January 2025 Report, 38% of graduates are underemployed.

This refers to those unable to be employed in their chosen field.

The highest underemployment rates are in Criminal Justice 67%, Performing Arts 62% and Medical Technicians 57%.

These figures indicate that more than half of these graduates are employed in jobs that don’t require a college degree.

Another issue that must be explored is the ability of graduates to be AGGRESSI VE JOB SEEKERS!

Many are not the personality type ready to compete for a diminishing number of jobs.

Also a huge problem is the student loan balance they need to payoff.

And I haven’t mentioned the impact of AI.

Tough times.

Millions of our fellow Americans are hurting these days.

Many budgets are being strained with today’s high expenses.

And it doesn’t seem they will go down soon.

40% of our fellow citizens live alone, an all time high.

It’s being called an epidemic.

The families of our military personnel are concerned about loved ones overseas.

The cost of educating children is skyrocketing.

So, you see there are needs everywhere.

Can you help in some way for someone?

If not today, when?

You may not think of yourself as a risk taker.

To get ahead in today’s rough and tumble world, though, you must push yourself.

I’m saying you must look within yourself and find a BOLD belief in you.

The road to success begins there.

Failure is the result of YOU putting limits onYOU!

How badly do you want to be successful?

Then, which self-imposed barriers do you need to remove?

It’s not you versus them.

It’s you versus you!

You can’t succeed with a “Ho Hum” attitude

Passion means you can’t give up-EVER!

Success is usually not an instant phenomenon.

You must be prepared to fail often.

And it is passion to reach your objective that enables you to pick yourself up again.

Most people who have a dream never pursue it.

Or, they start up and quit shortly thereafter.

Most quitters say “It was really hard!”

Of course it’s hard.

That’s why most dreamers are not doers!

In 2025 the railroad had a daily ridership of 360,000 people 24/7.

Thousands of workers for the Long Island Rail Road walked off the job early Saturday morning, staging the first strike in more than 30 years for America’s busiest passenger railway and grinding service to a halt.

After three years of failed contract negotiations, two federal interventions and a volley of last-minute bargaining, unions representing about half of the work force decided to take to the picket line to protest what they called insufficient wage increases.

Five unions representing more than 3,500 workers — including engineers, signalmen and machinists — called the strike after contract discussions with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the railroad, fell apart. (NYT)

How can they negotiate for three years w/o a contract?

Tech titans have gone full heel.

Bosses are salivating over A.I.’s overblown promises to make human jobs obsolete.

Workers suspect they are being pressured into using A.I. to hasten their own demise.

The Pentagon is bullish on A.I. weapons, ushering in a new age of existential dread.

Desperate people are turning to chatbots for connection. (NYT)

You name it. It’s happening!

Do you constantly compare yourself to certain people or another person?

If so, it is a terrible waste of your time.

And is SELF DESTRUCTIVE!

Let me tell you about a vascular surgeon I know.

He is very short. Probably about 5.3 feet tall.

Can you imagine the ridicule he endured while growing up?

He also endured a 4 year bachelor’s degree, 4 years of medical school and 5 years of specialized training.

I wonder if he was envious of most men who are much taller.

But, he went about making the most of himself.

And that is what each of must do.

Don’t continue comparing yourself to others.

No, make the most of yourself and the opportunities available to you!

If not today, when?

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers.

It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages.

That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.

The updated policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics comes after years of shrinking recesses and worsening children’s health.

The group “has always supported play – free play for kids – but it’s been increasingly threatened over time.”

This is occurring partly by the drive for higher test scores, said Dr. Robert Murray, a lead author.

Social development on the playground is as important as intellectual development in the classroom!

“It has a very powerful benefit if it’s used to the fullest.” (CNN)

Yes!

I’m serious.

We should treat all the women in our lives with the love we showed yesterday!

And do it everyday.

I made a trip to the grocery store yesterday.

You should have seen all the men running out the door with flowers for their lady.

Will those men bring her flowers on any other day of the year?

If not, why not?

She is a gift from GOD and should be treated as such!!!

There is no greator love than a mother for her child!

It involves all the physical, psychological and emotional ties that uniquely bind the two together.

Even before birth, the mother is nurturing 24/7.

She gives all of herself and keeps on giving as long as she lives.

She is her child’s greatest “fan” throughout his or her lifetime.

Sometimes mom receives love in return from her child throughout her life. Sometimes not.

There is no greater act of love than a mother’s for her child.

And it is given freely without conditions!

Celebrate your mom every day, even if she is not perfect.