Janet Larcombe-Wyatt
Janet Larcombe-Wyatt

Janet Larcombe-Wyatt

Former participant of WISE program

By the time I read about WISE in the evening newspaper I had put in fourteen years in many different occupations that were just "jobs" to me: most of them for low pay, with little self-fulfilment and no chance for advancement.

I decided to try the WISE program, thinking at the time that this would be "just another course". How wrong I was, and gratefully so. The program helped me to set a direction for my career. Among many other things, it gave me the self-confidence to know who I am and what I am capable of. It made me aware of my own strengths, qualities, and abilities.

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Those involved with WISE had the insight to recognize my potential and where it would be best put to use. Due to their recommendation and assistance, I am now an account executive with a well known graphic design company. The WISE pro- gram was invaluable in providing the knowledge I needed to plan my career path and start on the road to my own success. I now feel I no longer have just a "job" but a career from which I reap financial, personal, and professional rewards.

DOWN

You wait,
helpless to move
the course of the day;
think interminable dusk may
too late
relent to night.

But now you step
out of anguish
as from a weary garment.
Unknown voices close as friends
skitter, fade over the ocean's edge.

Soon the inlet
whispering to itself will not
be the one sound left; shouts
will stain the air,
grappling hooks invade the bay,
shell and gravel grumble under
booted stamping feet sirens
impale the night soft black but you
have
slipped
away;
water closing over you it was
so easy once you knew here
at last
was power.

Marjorie Bell
Victoria B.C.



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