Foolish Cat April 29th, 2008

Rising gas prices is the biggest concern in America and oil companies are making 12 billion dollars a quarter. Food supply, the one thing Americans always took for granted, is thrown into question with some retailers limiting purchases of staples like rice. Our president, instead of leading and uniting, has thrown up his hands with regard to the economy and blamed congress for the state of the union. People are losing their homes, soldiers are dying overseas, and the planet is getting hotter every year. Relative to the American perception, times are tough.

But times like these are when it’s refreshing to know that every individual is in charge of his own life. We still have choices to make that will determine our own happiness and abundance, as well as the happiness and abundance of our families. We are not the headlines. We are not the government. We are not even the planet. We are unique and free-thinking human beings that have the power to control the state of our lives.

It’s tempting to get caught up in tragedies and politics and global gloom and doom, but it is imperative not to. Look, I’m not saying ignore the world - on the contrary, see where your passions lie and make as much change as you can - but don’t believe that the general state of things is indicative of your life and your future.

And I don’t say this from atop an ivory tower; I’m with the masses. I was knee-deep in the housing quagmire and am still struggling to crawl out. And who isn’t affected by $50 dollar fill-ups and $300 grocery bills? It sucks. But it isn’t the Big Picture. It’s a paragraph. A chapter. It isn’t the story.

Besides, I believe that most of what we read and hear from the media is exaggerated, and very little will make any impact on us at all. So filter everything, and let through only those things you think are of major importance to your life - I think you’ll find that it is nothing compared to the things you form in your own mind.

Chin up and blunder on.

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