What a week, right? I feel like I have been glued to cnbc.com, waiting on Congressional votes, and listening to commentary from various financial and economic folks as they talk about this financial crisis.
As a former banker, I have watched so closely to understand this impact on credit, which has been so easily doled out over the past few years. I know. I was there.
And then I think to our grandparents and great grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. It forever changed them. My Grandma never let anything go to waste, a sign of this mentality.
So how are we forever changed? Will we cease to live beyond our means? Will we start to value relationships with people rather than acquiring "things" and spending money we don't have?
As you hunker down for the storm, what is important to you?
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I loved this post. I think honestly that 9/11/01 scared me much more than this. What really matters is those I love, and the thought that I had to fear for their lives when they went on a trip, etc. is much more horrifying than the dent in my 401K.
It has been said that faith is the refusal to panic. I trust that the God who always has always will provide for our needs...however, I do realize that many of my "needs" may not be as important as I think.
In the end, I'm hoping to get through this time with my husband still at his job and us still in our home. There are many people who will be hit harder than us probably, so in that, I do count my blessings.
I think we are fearing fear itself, to borrow another cliche. God didn't fall off his throne last week and let the stock market fall; He is still in control.
But I do hope that we can chose to focus on those who need help instead of focusing our our own worries. This spirit of generosity defined the generation borne of the Great Depression. I hope this beautiful part of the human spirit will emerge again in this chaos.
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