Quit Your Complaining! Please
Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
by Matthew Lombardi
The Experts Know Alarms
OK times are tough, admitted. We listen to the doomsday reports on the daily news, everyone is talking about it, some folks are pulling money out of the bank and squirreling it away, others wait it out, hoping that the newly elected president is going to wave his magic wand and put an end to the worry.
If you clear your mind from the barrage of bad news for a couple of minutes, and realize that there are two sides to every story (but the other side doesn't sell newspapers), you will realize that there is hope for you yet. Let's explore the other side, shall we?
Yes, but your car only got 10 miles to the gallon and it had no safety features, except a lap strap to maybe help keep your dead body with the car. It amazes me that we don't complain about paying $2.50 per gallon for the milk that comes directly from a cow, but we whine about a product that has to be pulled from the earth, shipped to a refinery, refined, trucked to the distribution points and stored until it is sold to you, so that you can go to work without walking and earn your milk money.
"Bread was only 25 cents a loaf back in the day."
They advertised that it helped your body grow about a dozen ways but turns out it had zero nutrition. Besides it wasn't sliced yet, isn't that still "the greatest thing?"
"You never had a fear of losing your job; you could work in one place forever."
They didn't pay much, that's why bread was 25 cents and gas 50 cents. I think that your job choices were much more limited years ago. Today we have a promise of doing more than our parents did. Back then you could only hope to do as well.
"The prices at the big box stores are even getting out of hand these days."
Start supporting your neighbors by shopping local, so you will help keep them from going out of business and turning those big box stores into monopolies.
" Once upon a time you could buy a nice home for $30,000.00"
That same home sells for $250,000.00+ today. Nice profit!
"We eat at home all the time, but the cost of groceries is killing me."
Eat out once in a while; if you stay away from the fanciest restaurants, it can actually be cheaper than making the same meal at home, and you might keep another neighbor from closing their business. If enough people do it, they may be hiring.
I won't beat a dead horse any longer. All I ask is that you find a reason to smile! It's not change that's making you fear, its likely fear of change that's making you nervous.
Be willing to step out of the box and do something different for a while. It's our ability to adapt that strengthens us and makes us better prepared for what comes our way. If you're not stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something new each day, then you are not going to be ready when change is forced upon you. If things aren't changing then beware, the world has stopped turning.
I promise you that the glass is half full and you're going to be just fine (unless you would rather be miserable).
Matthew Lombardi alarms@expertsknow.com
Matthew is a human being just like you. He is not sitting in an ivory tower casting sentiment down on the valley. Instead he deeply cares for all of you from a level playing field, even though you are a stranger. His hope is that you can get a smile from the pain you are facing, just long enough to prompt you to keep on keeping on.
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