Six years ago was one of the one of the most disappointing periods in my life. Everyone was excited about the year 2000, the millennium and whether all the computers in the world would continue to work, or would the computer system just simply crash. I was worried about trying to keep myself sane and having faith in god.

At that time I was having three major problems in my life. The first was with my girlfriend. She could not fully end her previous relationship with her ex-boyfriend and it seemed that I was in the middle of their relationship.

The second problem was with my job. I worked in the banking profession as a Customer Service Representative. Unfortunately, my girlfriend also worked in the same branch and this was proving to be a real problem. I became demotivated at work, started making errors but I still tried to look as positive as ever on the outside. I felt that I could do much better in my job and felt that I should have been in a higher position in the department that I worked in. I did not see any avenue for promotion and I wanted to quit.

The biggest problem for me though, was at home. My father and I were not communicating at all. We had major quarrels. I was twenty four years old and still living with my parents. I felt that I was a big man, but when you are living in your fathers house, you still have to abide by his rules. My dad always thinks that he is right and was making my critical life decisions for me. This could not continue because Im an independent person, so I knew something had to be done.

Since everything seemed overbearing I prayed to god everyday. I asked for strength, courage and faith to overcome these problems. During that year I saved a few thousands of dollars as a down payment for a car. Asking god to give me guidance, I decided to take that money and move out of home and locate a place for rent. I thought it was better to live in my own place than in my car. The first week proved to be more difficult than I thought, but by the second week I got a place just five minutes from home. The rent was within my budget and I purchased furniture for my new apartment. I moved into the apartment a few days later.

Another week later, my assistant manager at work, called me into her office. Thinking it was something that I did wrong, I prepared for the worse. The resulting news was quite the opposite. The bank that I work for, occasionally hires a mystery shopper to judge the performance of the employees. The manager told me that the mystery shopper came to me recently and was very impressed with the service that I gave to him. I got one of the highest awards for customer service and I was given a promotion as well. I was also given an opportunity to work in a higher position in another branch. This move had to be made the following week. This helped me to regain my motivation and solved the problem of working in the same branch as my girlfriend, who had now become my ex-girlfriend due to what was going on.

In less than a month I gained my independence, received a promotion, regained my motivation and removed my previous girlfriend from my life. Things were looking good now and I prayed and thanked god for looking over me and giving me the strength, courage and faith to reach that stage. I told myself that I would always believe and never give up on god. I was now excited to go through the rest of the year and I was looking forward to the next year.