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I Got the Job I Spent Five Years Wanting and Then the Company Shut Down

July 13, 2026 · Grief Loss
I Got the Job I Spent Five Years Wanting and Then the Company Shut Down - a story about loss of a dream

When a dream collapses around you, it's easy to feel like the loss proves something was wrong with you. But the capacity that built the dream is still yours — and grief doesn't cancel that out.

“It is not your environment, it is not others, nor is it some external power that brings about either your happiness or unhappiness. It is you yourself.”

- Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1
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