Off Topic Ramble

Quit Your Complaining! Please

OK times are tough, admitted. We listen to the doomsday reports on the daily news, everyone is talking about it. Some folks are pulling money out of the bank and squirreling it away. Others hold on hoping the newly elected president is going to wave his magic wand and put an end to the worry.

If you clear your mind enough from the barrage of bad news for a couple of minutes and realize that there are two sides to every story (but the other side doesn’t sell newspapers), you will realize that there is hope for you yet. Let’s explore the other side, shall we?

•   When I was a kid gas was about 50 cents a gallon, and it was better gas too!

Yes, but your car only got 10 miles to the gallon and it had no safety features, except a lap strap to maybe keep your dead body with the car.

•   Bread was only 25 cents a loaf back in the day.

They advertised that it helped your body grow about a dozen ways but turns out it had zero nutrition.

•   You never had a fear of losing your job; you could work in one place forever.

They didn’t pay much, that’s why bread was .25 and gas .50

• The prices at the big box stores are even getting out of hand these days.

Start supporting your neighbors by shopping local so you will keep them from going out of business, and turning those big box stores into monopolies.

• Once upon a time you could buy a home for $30,000.00

That same home sells for $250,000.00+ today. Nice profit!

•   The grocery store prices are killing me

Eat out once in a while; if you stay away from the fanciest restaurants, it can actually be cheaper than making the same meal at home, and you might keep another neighbor from closing their business.

I won’t beat a dead horse any longer. All I ask is that you find a reason to smile! It’s not change that’s making you fear, its likely fear of change that’s making you nervous.

Be willing step out of the box and do something different for a while. It’s our ability to adapt that strengthens us and makes us better prepared for what comes our way. If you’re not stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something new each day, then you are not going to be ready when change is forced upon you. If things aren’t changing then beware, the world has stopped turning.

I promise you that the glass is half full and you’re going to be just fine (unless you would rather be miserable).