After reading this article, it made me think of all the positive things that are going on today in the United States of America. Spite the job losses, our technology is still growing just as fast and just as strong, if not faster and stronger. The challenges that we faced in the 1930s was a measure to get us to grow up.
In a lot of ways, we have, and some we have not. Now in the late 1900 to early 2000, we are once again challenged to grow up even more. There are great things going on right now. We have the greatest medical advances then any country in the world. We also have the most technical advances also. What we need to grow up in is simple, our one-on-one personal attitude.
A good number learned this the hard way in the 1930s. Now a lot have forgotten these lessons. We are not far too soft in our luxuries in life. Nothing wrong with having wonderful things in our lives, but there is far more to life then sitting on our butts. Sometimes we have to work hard. One has not lived until the have troubles in life. How they deal with these adversities is how the result of their lives will become.
That is the test we all are facing now. The question we need to ask ourselves than from others, "Are we passing these tests?" Failure is not an option. When Winston Churchhill said, Do not give up, do not give up, do not give up," he meant it. To win the prize is never an easy task, but a far better rewarding experience. The prize is not what is important. It is the measure that got one to the finish line.
What will make or break up in our economy issues has nothing to do with politicians, but who we are as a person, a community, and a nation of people. First we must better ourselves, so we can better our community and our nation as a whole. Do not get people to follow you, but follow your own path and responsibilities. No one can do it for you, nor can we do it for others. To change the world is to change oneself.
Blessed Be to Isis and you,
Real Name: Brandon Bowers
How the Crash Will Reshape America - The Atlantic (March 2009)
