Is the bad economy good for us?

[Whitlock]

Sure there are no jobs. I have even been laid off Not that I work away from the house much.
Some are having a hard time with it.

What I'm starting to see is that people are coming together and working together more.People that have never grew a garden are giving it a try.More people are raizing livstock.More people are canning and putting up there own food.The barter system is coming back into play more often and people have stopped buying the plastic crap
It is like the old ways are coming back a little.

I like it,W

[glenn kangiser]

.... but, is it just here or is it across the US? hmm

If not it should be. 

[Whitlock]

.... but, is it just here or is it across the US? hmm

If not it should be. 

Maybe our forum friends will let us know

[rwanders]

   A little adversity often brings back some of our better human instincts. Like the man said who was contemplating being hung in the morning-----"It concentrates the mind wonderfully."

[Don_P]

I like this one;

Perspective
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took their son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son,
'How was the trip?'

'It was great, Dad.'

'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.
'Oh yeah,' said the son.

'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip' asked the father.

The son answered:
'I saw that we have one dog and they had the four.' We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end..

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.'

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.'

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing??

Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your family and friends!

[Sassy]

that's a great story, Don!   

[glenn kangiser]

That's a good way to look at it.