GOOD TIMES
We need to learn to make the most of what we have, rather than on that which we desire.
We waste valuable time and treasure when we insist on placing so much emphasis on the future
It will come as a shock to many individuals when they find they realize what a great store of positive values we have available to us at any given time.
In times of so-called social and economic recession, or depression, there may well be fewer innovative values, but the basis ones still exist and will prosper if properly used.
What does it really matter if we drive a car that is not this year's, stub-nosed lump of metal and glass but a rather smooth, sleek looking car of ancient, one-year vintage? And, do you remember when cars and trucks passed you on the nation's highways - each with antenna searching outward and upward to signify they had the CB radio capabilities you wanted so urgently. Everyone thought he or she had to have, at least one such unit, plus a “home base” where they lived when not driving. Where are they now?
They have all switched to cell phones, of course. And , who knows what the next phonic phase might be? Now, those same people who complained about the rather uncertain qualities of their versions of CB communications rigs – and, they were, indeed. A polyglot lot, weren't they? - are now cruising about here and there asking “Do you hear me now?”
Often the new things we want are transitory in nature, but the permanent values continue and deeply inured as an integral part of our very being being. If we simply use what we have, it is amazing how much better life can be or become.
Why wait for something which many never come your way? Put that which is at-hand for immediate use. Don't just sit and wait.
As starter: try smiling a bit more.
Take stock of your talents. Get to know you - and your worth. And – don't sell yourself short. You are more valuable than your might think. You were “invested” by your parents at birth. It is now time to start clipping coupons ...using accrued values.
.A.L.M. June 26, 2003 [c391wds]
