Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree. To my shame I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal(inside)wave--like a scream --come up from deep inside me and I thought "Why has my life become so hard?"... Immediately after this internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words "BE HAPPY". At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was thankful to. At first _ was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said yes and got the job. My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to _ . By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no and she said "I guess it was meant for you then." I spent the next year doing training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived before. I closed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful house in Scotland. "THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE" has been my motto for years now and yes, it completely changed my life. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. When did the speaker live in Seattle?
2. How many years ago did the speaker live in Seattle?
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Q2:
1. How did the speaker find life in Seattle?
2. How was life in Seattle for the speaker?
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Q3:
1. Why did the speaker find life to be tough in Seattle?
2. Why was life in Seattle tough for the speaker?
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Q4:
1. What was the speaker's education?
2. What education did the speaker receive?
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Q5:
1. What did the speaker do for a living?
2. What was the speaker's job?
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Q6:
1. Did the speaker like his job?
2. Did the speaker enjoy what he did for a living?
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Q7:
1. Why didn't the speaker like his job?
2. Why did the speaker not like what he did for a living?
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Q8:
1. Was the speaker applying for jobs?
2. Did the speaker try and fing a job?
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Q9:
1. How many interviews did he get with the company?
2. The company gave him how many interviews?
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Q10:
1. Did the speaker get any of the jobs that he had applied to?
2. Did the speaker manage to get a job offer from any of the jobs he applied to?
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