When times are tough

So I have been looking for a job for the past month, and it has been a lot harder then I am used to. It rattles me to the core and there is HUGE part of me that would quit looking. But I need to keep perspective, and just like everything else stay positive. I know that everything will work out, I am not the kind of person that just sits on the side-lines either. So there have been some ups and some downs, and I think that it would be good and more honest to list both. So I think I want to end on the high note.
I think the hardest part of not having a job is when I get my hopes up and think that I will get a job and then I am let down. The feeling is similar to going on a date feeling that there is something there, maybe even kissing the guy and feeling good about everything. Only to end the date and a week later wonder what happened?! It hurts, and takes some soul searching to realize that yes, I am not perfect, but neither is anyone else. I bruises the pride, and in the case of employment I think it is far worse because our livelihood depends on working.
That attitude is wrong though. We call all improve our resume, and how we look, and it's not like I have never applied for a job and not gotten it before. The difference now is that I want it so much more. So, to flip the coin and see the good things about being unemployed. First and most important I can spend time with my Andrew. I love him, and our relationship has grown extensively. Especially, because when we were first married I was working fifty plus hours a day. Now he's working, and I am not.
I have had more time to serve others. That is a great one because I love serving more then anything else! I feel like I am growing as a person, and I am owning the life that I live ( and that is important) because everything in my life has been a choice. In the end what I know is that I love my family, and know that is what is most important, and thing will all work out.