Recession In The News Again?

Gas prices, job losses, home foreclosures, credit woes and even the price of beer are in the news every 30 seconds. News outlets from CNN to your local PBS station are all shoving it in your face. You can’t get through the checkout line at the supermarket without someone talking about the economy.

Like 99% of the rest of the population of the US, I have been affected by the slowdown in the economy. I have had to adjust my lifestyle to accommodate less disposable income; however, my family is and always will be happy. We may not have the money to go out to dinner or even to fix our broken dishwasher, but we have more quality time to be together.

Food and shelter are basic needs of survival, so I understand when people get stressed should these needs be in jeopardy. We all need to keep in mind this is just temporary. Our lives will go on and we will be prosperous. When you’re in the middle of a rough moment it’s difficult to see the smoother time ahead, especially when you don’t know when the calmer waters will arrive. When the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, I guarantee no one knew exactly what they were in for. It took about 10 years to get out of that depression, but eventually it was history. Just as the recession we are feeling now will be history one day.

How will you treat your life until that day? Will you look back on your actions and feelings and tell yourself that you did the best that you could? Hold yourself to the highest standard. Keep positive and try to help the people around you. I guarantee that when you practice your skill of happiness during this though time, you’ll come out even farther ahead than you were before. There’s no better time than now to stay positive!