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what am i going to be when i grow up?

i turned down a full-time job on friday . It was a full-time job with benefits at the Juvenile Resource Center (JRC). why ? i would have had to give up my current job at the boys and girls club in brockton and i just couldn't do it. most of the people i talked to about it told me hands down to take the full-time job. of course i should have, right? benefits, good company, an actual salary. but i didn't. i chose to remain at the teen center. again, why? i have wondered this very thing several times just since friday. BUT , i call it a God thing. Some call it woman's intuition, and others have different names for it. whatever you choose to call it, i feel called to work in this community and with these kids. right now, i feel that "pull" to remain at the boys and girls club. the kids can be mad and angry but also fun and lovable. i get it. if i had gone through half of what some of them have gone through i would be angry too. i would take it out on others ...