They treat us in the same manor that they treat people in the community and that is
so grand; you know, it’s heart warming.
When they gave me the job, you know, and everyone in that building, 366, was saying “hey look
at Thomas, he can do this.”
And it was like a found a new family that believes and saw something in me that I didn’t
really see.
So I got the job and that was over the top, you know.
It was really over the top.
I became a person that had resilience.
That’s what they teach, resilience.
Because there is nothing you cannot do.
They teach you that.
So I teach that in my class that we are military personnel and we were taught in basic training
resilience.
We be waking up three in the morning, marching 25 miles.
I learned that as long as I put forth an effort, I can learn.
And I put forth the effort to learn this.
And I am still learning.
I’m still coming.
When the best I bring goes “sit down,” I sit down.
An right now I’m taking, on the Perriville Library computers, I’m taking Window 8 training
because I’m on Windows 8 at my job.
I mean, I’m still learning; I’m still getting better; I’m still improving in my
wellness and the more stuff I learn, the more I don’t think about my illness.
The library was the point of origin of all the stuff I know, all the stuff I’ve learned.
Look around the library, for real.
What does my success mean?
You know, remember when America went to go to the moon?
Ya, it’s like that.
And they got there…
And they got there.
Ya, that’s what its… that’s the best way I can put it.
You know?