The Awareness of Our Power

Over the last several years the economy has been a bit sucky! This situation has gone on longer than usual. It is a complex situation with many causes and the solutions … well ..there are a series of things that need to happen to totally right the problem. BUT there is one thing that can get the train wheels moving again.

We have been bombarded with negative things in our 24 hour news cycle. If it isn’t fear it is scandal, quickly followed by another dose of scare tactics. The whole thing keeps us off balance and distracted. There is power in the concept of making us powerless. Roosevelt said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ..A lot of wisdom in that statement.

A well known economist said that the economic downturn, that we are experiencing, will last until the people get tired of it. That seems simplistic but when you examine the statement it makes a lot of sense. We .. have.. the ..power. We can simply start thinking then acting differently. We can refuse to participate in the recession. We can vote. We can be frugal when we need to be without shutting down the economic flow.. by buying smart, buying quality and buying American.

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