Purron
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- Nov 23, 2007
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Yes, we’re going through difficult times. Unemployment, political turmoil, natural disasters and lots of other bad stuff going on. While we need to take all this seriously, sometimes I think we’ve lost our ability to love life.
I’ve found myself going into a negativity spiral and fear I have lots of company here. We only get one life to live and while it’s necessary to focus on our problems, I worry we’ve forgotten how to smell the roses.
Perhaps we should dump some useless federal agency and develop a new one headed by Jimmy Buffett. Think about it: margartiaville.gov One focused on helping us love life again! Yeah, I’m joking but think this may be a fundamental problem. America’s not the optimistic place it once was.
Can we ever again experience the pride and enthusiasm we had when the first man landed on the moon? Or the excitement when the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan? Or the reverence when Martin Luther King, Jr. first told us about his dream? Where’s our spirit?
I think our problems may be more of a loss of spirit than a loss of capacity to generate GDP.
The anniversary of 9/11 is upon us. The worst thing I ever went through as a citizen of the USA. Hope somehow we can regain our spirit for life 10 years later.
I’ve found myself going into a negativity spiral and fear I have lots of company here. We only get one life to live and while it’s necessary to focus on our problems, I worry we’ve forgotten how to smell the roses.
Perhaps we should dump some useless federal agency and develop a new one headed by Jimmy Buffett. Think about it: margartiaville.gov One focused on helping us love life again! Yeah, I’m joking but think this may be a fundamental problem. America’s not the optimistic place it once was.
Can we ever again experience the pride and enthusiasm we had when the first man landed on the moon? Or the excitement when the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan? Or the reverence when Martin Luther King, Jr. first told us about his dream? Where’s our spirit?
I think our problems may be more of a loss of spirit than a loss of capacity to generate GDP.
The anniversary of 9/11 is upon us. The worst thing I ever went through as a citizen of the USA. Hope somehow we can regain our spirit for life 10 years later.