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They treat us in the same manor that they
treat people in the community and that is

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so grand; you know, it’s heart warming.

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When they gave me the job, you know, and everyone
in that building, 366, was saying “hey look

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at Thomas, he can do this.”

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And it was like a found a new family that
believes and saw something in me that I didn’t

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really see.

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So I got the job and that was over the top,
you know.

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It was really over the top.

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I became a person that had resilience.

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That’s what they teach, resilience.

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Because there is nothing you cannot do.

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They teach you that.

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So I teach that in my class that we are military
personnel and we were taught in basic training

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resilience.

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We be waking up three in the morning, marching
25 miles.

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I learned that as long as I put forth an effort,
I can learn.

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And I put forth the effort to learn this.

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And I am still learning.

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I’m still coming.

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When the best I bring goes “sit down,”
I sit down.

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An right now I’m taking, on the Perriville
Library computers, I’m taking Window 8 training

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because I’m on Windows 8 at my job.

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I mean, I’m still learning; I’m still
getting better; I’m still improving in my

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wellness and the more stuff I learn, the more
I don’t think about my illness.

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The library was the point of origin of all
the stuff I know, all the stuff I’ve learned.

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Look around the library, for real.

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What does my success mean?

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You know, remember when America went to go
to the moon?

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Ya, it’s like that.

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And they got there…

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And they got there.

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Ya, that’s what its… that’s the best
way I can put it.

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You know?