My Service to this Country
[Originally written January 17, 2015]
I have no vagrant's "pipe-dream" that will go up in smoke. This is a view that I have held for years -- this is what I feel. It is time to say why I believe that I would make an excellent United States House Representative from the State of Delaware.
First I have to say that I have the ideal personality. I can go for days on a project (or a variety of projects) without hardly sleeping at all and with the intensity of a honeybee and the focus of a beaver. In college, I went for years working on my studies and not focusing on a love interest simply by sublimating and by not letting diversions waylay me. Now I can still do this but it is much easier with a long-term relationship as I have with my loving wife because we each know each other well. In other words, our love includes the work we do instead of competing for affections. In seeing the other partner we accept in total.
Second, I know that at this time I would make a better representative than administrator. I shuttle information to people, explain concepts, take consensus, handle finances all while keeping a strong moral fiber. I am able to be in a variety of groups -- some which have opposing views -- and still maintain my strength of commitment. I am able to be a conservative democrat and hold true to my integrity. I am also able to respect the writings in the Bible and still believe in evolution and a "Big Bang" causation of the universe. In fact I love to keep open to new thought as long as it can be based on precedent and only if respect is present.
Third, although I handle and save what money I can -- and parenthetically have definite success oriented views on the global benefits of micro-banking -- it must be known that I am a humanist too. As a social work intern at a VA hospital I counseled sick patients. I have taught 3 to 12 year-old children how to swim for many years, as well as studied human services and social work at the collegiate level for two years. For over a year I was a Co-Director for a center for the mentally ill. My own experience in therapy led me to learn more about myself and become very effective in life. My experience with other people's addictions has led me to find ample work, worthy answers, and ways to deal with grief. Personally, I have quit smoking, and drinking and account for every dollar spent in our household. My wife and I live modestly and consider ourselves spiritual. We can attend more than one church and many days find value in different services. All in all, we look at church-going as a way of asking for help -- not 'knowing what is best' -- and a way to reach out to people with needs.
Fourth, I am a leader out of my survival instinct. Many people are surprised that I am still here. As a friend once put it, "All you do Bob, is just make it. You just barely make it and then, just keep making it. God bless you!"
I graduated Cum Laude in chemistry from a four year liberal arts school in Los Angeles -- Occidental College. The same college Representative Jack Kemp graduated from and President Barack Obama attended. As one might see the college encouraged diversity.
Working at a small research chemical company I moved to a multinational chemical firm in Wilmington, Delaware. At one time I audited the night shift on a drilling rig. At another time I worked packing chemicals to be shipped from a warehouse and then as a salesperson for a research chemical company. I do not consider my work in chemistry concerns as rewarding because I studied organic chemistry and not chemical engineering. Specifically by this I mean that through discussions with other chemists I am able to understand concretely what is happening in chemistry, but left to my own devices I do not claim to be an end all expert. I am more like a chemical manager. At least I know that other chemists are needed.
Personally, I needed to take an inventory of myself -- I was young and mentally scattered -- I needed to mature and learn about people and life in general. Unprepared and lonely I gravitated about with only 'book knowledge'. If I would have been in a war I would have been a casualty. By living here in this Mid Atlantic region I was able to survive.
Certain crimes that had previously been perpetuated onto me in my early twenties resulted in a personality changing infirmity which took decades to heal. I spent years healing from what others did to me and my own personal sensitivity. Now I am ready to face life. Now -- with these experiences behind me -- I want to move to make a true meaning in my life. Now I want to give to others and help society. To begin I have to write. Honest writing helped me begin to get well. Please see my early eBook -- Bob Does Everything Backwards: Writing Out of an Illness
Then compare it to the paperback -- The Stigma of the Mentally Ill: Bob Does Everything Backwards
These writings are a documented account of my mind adjusting to get well. It is a healing -- a spiritual healing that works. Finally, it is a letting go of 'baggage' -- something that I never should have had in the first place. The problem solving I have shown in these books is essential for you to know me!
In the recent and now coming posts I will write about subjects which should be considered by a United States Representative. Please consider my writings and communicate with me about them. Thank you.
Sincerely written, and
Respectfully submitted,
Robert N. Franz
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Or check linkage: amazon.com/author/rf3rd
I have no vagrant's "pipe-dream" that will go up in smoke. This is a view that I have held for years -- this is what I feel. It is time to say why I believe that I would make an excellent United States House Representative from the State of Delaware.
First I have to say that I have the ideal personality. I can go for days on a project (or a variety of projects) without hardly sleeping at all and with the intensity of a honeybee and the focus of a beaver. In college, I went for years working on my studies and not focusing on a love interest simply by sublimating and by not letting diversions waylay me. Now I can still do this but it is much easier with a long-term relationship as I have with my loving wife because we each know each other well. In other words, our love includes the work we do instead of competing for affections. In seeing the other partner we accept in total.
Second, I know that at this time I would make a better representative than administrator. I shuttle information to people, explain concepts, take consensus, handle finances all while keeping a strong moral fiber. I am able to be in a variety of groups -- some which have opposing views -- and still maintain my strength of commitment. I am able to be a conservative democrat and hold true to my integrity. I am also able to respect the writings in the Bible and still believe in evolution and a "Big Bang" causation of the universe. In fact I love to keep open to new thought as long as it can be based on precedent and only if respect is present.
Third, although I handle and save what money I can -- and parenthetically have definite success oriented views on the global benefits of micro-banking -- it must be known that I am a humanist too. As a social work intern at a VA hospital I counseled sick patients. I have taught 3 to 12 year-old children how to swim for many years, as well as studied human services and social work at the collegiate level for two years. For over a year I was a Co-Director for a center for the mentally ill. My own experience in therapy led me to learn more about myself and become very effective in life. My experience with other people's addictions has led me to find ample work, worthy answers, and ways to deal with grief. Personally, I have quit smoking, and drinking and account for every dollar spent in our household. My wife and I live modestly and consider ourselves spiritual. We can attend more than one church and many days find value in different services. All in all, we look at church-going as a way of asking for help -- not 'knowing what is best' -- and a way to reach out to people with needs.
Fourth, I am a leader out of my survival instinct. Many people are surprised that I am still here. As a friend once put it, "All you do Bob, is just make it. You just barely make it and then, just keep making it. God bless you!"
I graduated Cum Laude in chemistry from a four year liberal arts school in Los Angeles -- Occidental College. The same college Representative Jack Kemp graduated from and President Barack Obama attended. As one might see the college encouraged diversity.
Working at a small research chemical company I moved to a multinational chemical firm in Wilmington, Delaware. At one time I audited the night shift on a drilling rig. At another time I worked packing chemicals to be shipped from a warehouse and then as a salesperson for a research chemical company. I do not consider my work in chemistry concerns as rewarding because I studied organic chemistry and not chemical engineering. Specifically by this I mean that through discussions with other chemists I am able to understand concretely what is happening in chemistry, but left to my own devices I do not claim to be an end all expert. I am more like a chemical manager. At least I know that other chemists are needed.
Personally, I needed to take an inventory of myself -- I was young and mentally scattered -- I needed to mature and learn about people and life in general. Unprepared and lonely I gravitated about with only 'book knowledge'. If I would have been in a war I would have been a casualty. By living here in this Mid Atlantic region I was able to survive.
Certain crimes that had previously been perpetuated onto me in my early twenties resulted in a personality changing infirmity which took decades to heal. I spent years healing from what others did to me and my own personal sensitivity. Now I am ready to face life. Now -- with these experiences behind me -- I want to move to make a true meaning in my life. Now I want to give to others and help society. To begin I have to write. Honest writing helped me begin to get well. Please see my early eBook -- Bob Does Everything Backwards: Writing Out of an Illness
Then compare it to the paperback -- The Stigma of the Mentally Ill: Bob Does Everything Backwards
These writings are a documented account of my mind adjusting to get well. It is a healing -- a spiritual healing that works. Finally, it is a letting go of 'baggage' -- something that I never should have had in the first place. The problem solving I have shown in these books is essential for you to know me!In the recent and now coming posts I will write about subjects which should be considered by a United States Representative. Please consider my writings and communicate with me about them. Thank you.
Sincerely written, and
Respectfully submitted,
Robert N. Franz
See: amzn.to/1R1Oayq
Or check linkage: amazon.com/author/rf3rd
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