07 October 2010
Recession or Depression?
For those of you thinking that this is going to be an intellectual discussion on economics, I'm sorry, you've come to the wrong place :-)
I know we're all struggling right now, and believe me I know. Living and working in a country with more than 4 million people unemployed, life is not exactly a walk in the park right now, but do we all have to be so negative about things???
We've got to be realistic, don't get me wrong, and things have changed, but I always try to appreciate the things that we do have.
Ever since the crisis hit 2 or 3 years ago, the smiles have gone from our faces :-(
The topic of conversation on everyones lips is how bad things are. They are bad, I don't want you to misinterpret me, many of us are having a bad time, but when it starts affecting a person's personality and character, something has got to be going wrong.
I find myself doing the same sometimes. I start burying myself in doom and gloom, worrying about what is going to happen next. But do you know what, it stops there. I take a step back, look at the beautiful family I have, see the sun shining in the sky (I know not many of us have that), and I smile :-) I remember meeting my beautiful niece for the first time and the smile on her face, I remember the hugs from my mum when I've been down, I remember my brother's jokes that make me chuckle, I think of how my partner listens to my moans and groans without complaining, I remember how it makes me feel when my 2 year old son shouts 'MUM!', and it brings tears to my eyes when I think about the new life growing inside my friend's belly :-)
Perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones. I couldn't ask for much more.
Money doesn't mean happiness, it helps, I'm sure you'd all agree, but I wouldn't change what I've got for all the money in the world!!!
I know we're all struggling right now, and believe me I know. Living and working in a country with more than 4 million people unemployed, life is not exactly a walk in the park right now, but do we all have to be so negative about things???
We've got to be realistic, don't get me wrong, and things have changed, but I always try to appreciate the things that we do have.
Ever since the crisis hit 2 or 3 years ago, the smiles have gone from our faces :-(
The topic of conversation on everyones lips is how bad things are. They are bad, I don't want you to misinterpret me, many of us are having a bad time, but when it starts affecting a person's personality and character, something has got to be going wrong.
I find myself doing the same sometimes. I start burying myself in doom and gloom, worrying about what is going to happen next. But do you know what, it stops there. I take a step back, look at the beautiful family I have, see the sun shining in the sky (I know not many of us have that), and I smile :-) I remember meeting my beautiful niece for the first time and the smile on her face, I remember the hugs from my mum when I've been down, I remember my brother's jokes that make me chuckle, I think of how my partner listens to my moans and groans without complaining, I remember how it makes me feel when my 2 year old son shouts 'MUM!', and it brings tears to my eyes when I think about the new life growing inside my friend's belly :-)
Perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones. I couldn't ask for much more.
Money doesn't mean happiness, it helps, I'm sure you'd all agree, but I wouldn't change what I've got for all the money in the world!!!
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