No Green?

There is a lot of talk about bankruptcy, foreclosures and the economy going on. I can hear it on the news now as I write this. Has this humbled us as a country? Has this changed us as people at all?

I for one could not answer that as to what the impact has been on the public. I guess I could check the stats on spousal abuse, child abuse, divorce rates, rape, all the awful moral things we don't like to know or talk about but seem to increase during times of duress. It's not the impersonal statistics that I am interested in. They don't tell the real stories. I'm wondering if it hurts you in the pocket book does it hurt you in your relationships? if so, how? If you could put a camera on yourself for a day, three days, maybe a week, what would YOU LEARN about YOU???

We are all quick to defend ourselves, but what good does that do? There really is no need! These are tough times. Tough times for many. If the economy happens to have not affected you, it certainly has affected someone you love. This IS the time we need each other most, yet tempers are short, judgments are strong, defenses are high and relationships are battered, bruised and scarred.

Do the cupboards have to get bare from war? Do we have to be forced to live together by government? How tough does it have to get to realize that we need each other? These things have happened in history, do we need a repeat to get it? Harsh?? How tough does it have to get to realize we need each other?????????? As families, neighbors, communities and as a country. I am still amazed at how awful we can be to the ones deep down we love the most. There can be a fine line between love and hate. When emotions run high all common sense runs low.

Love is ALWAYS the answer!!!!!! And you can't BUY LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Wild Red Radish to Shut Up

Believe me I don't really have any interest in weeds! But sticking with my theme and trying to draw a parallel to life's lessons I guess has brought me all the way to the ground. So here are some words that were used to describe the Wild Radish: pithy, spongy, and irregular to name a few!

So here is what's on my mind...rather what seems to be on every bodies FREAKIN' mind, the economy. OMH, we know it, we should have known it, we have been over spending for way too long, But enough is enough! Can we talk about, read about or listen to something else?

When you enable bad behavior that is what you get bad behavior!

If the economy has got you down shut it off! I didn't say stick your head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist, all I am saying is focus on what you DO have control or impact on in your little world, count your blessings and CHOOSE to be happy in spite of the bombardment of negativity in the media.

My mom fixed salads all the time when I was growing up and she would put those pesky little red radishes in her salads. I just learned to work around them. I'm trying to do the same with all this "over- abundance" of talk about the economy. I know it's tough, but how many times a day do I need to be reminded?

I could have a radish once a month and that would be just about right for my taste.