- E. Anthony Allen
- Nov 9, 2017
Updated: Aug 28, 2025
If you or I are not at the margins, for example, being homeless, a refugee, on a poverty line or in prison – it is most likely that our connections to agents of our empowerment prevented that.
How we treat those at the margins define the integrity of families, communities, institutions, nations as well as global society. Ultimately, it boils down to how you and I as individuals can empower others to keep them from the margins or get them from there.
Financial Independence does not come just by having a job. Many jobs are low skilled or unskilled and thus millions of persons end up being “disposable” depending on the market or the “whims and fancies” of employers.
Copeland Johnson featured in the link below has shared that “it is important to have a trade, because anyone who does will never go hungry. There will always be a need for you and the service you offer”.
These are some of the secrets of financial independence through skills that we learn from him:
Develop curiosity for new learning.
If you are employed, learn a skill during your spare time.
Try to pick up new skills quickly.
Encourage all young persons to “learn a trade”.
Ensure that you have the inner ability to perform your skill well.
Don’t be afraid to try out a variety of skills and methods of productivity.
Be creative.
Ensure that you have the appropriate tools, whether physical or the related knowledge.
Discover your best specialty.
“The world beat a path to the person who builds the best mousetrap”. People always seek out products or services that add value to their lives. Be prepared for much time and effort in utilizing your skill for quality production.
Use Google or YouTube and other internet resources to aide in your learning.
Be ready to learn through apprenticeship, whether formal or informal.
Let your concern for looking after your family and the needy be a strong motivating factor for earning through your own practical abilities.
- E. Anthony Allen
- Oct 23, 2017
Alienation from family, suicidal depression, rape, sexual confusion, epilepsy and constant insecurity, are more than anyone could ask for.
For Jodiann, spirituality was the source of her empowerment and overcoming. We all need to find a center and a Higher Power to help us have a purpose in life, to connect us to a rescuing faith community and to help us achieve the potential we were created with.
Read her story here: “Jodiann slowly finding her way home”