So, lets see.
In the past 25 years I have experienced a civil uprising, martial law, armed violent military takeover. I have been threatened by both secret police and military (as in, you're gonna disappear or such) . I lived through a banking system collapse, three maxi devaluations, currency controls that effectively reduced by 90% the hard currency value of my entire net worth. Twice.
After the banking system collapsed - which made up about 25% of our entire company revenue stream - my US based boss said to me - in front of the entire staff - that I was exaggerating to compensate for not being good enough in sales (I was sales manager) - and then tried to fire me.
The apartment we planned on retiring to was sold at a substantial loss - and our entire retirement plan fell apart when a country transformed from paradise to $hit.
I was in a plane that landed in foam because the wheels didn't descend properly, another plane that landed and ran off the runway.
My wife was kidnapped , my daughter declared brain dead at birth. I was held up, my son held up twice.
So, today my wife and I are healthy (well, relatively at least) my daughter (the one mentioned above) now grown, quite beautiful and working at Wachovia , another daughter expecting, my son getting married and moving to japan. We catered an 80th birthday party for my mother last december - a real blast with mariachis and a great meal. Life is good.
No a$$hole boss, we have a nice house, no debt, eat well, drink well, enjoy the family like never before. Actually, life has never been better.
In the midst of a crisis the pain is unbearable - partly from the damage done and partly due to the continuing uncertainly and fear.
There are thing you can recover from and things you can't. Financial loss isn't fun, but there are always things we can do to minimize the damage, even if that means changing plans. It's important to appreciate life and the things we have that may not be there tomorrow.
