Overheard

In the store the other day, the dollar store in fact, that bargain place where people go to get a lot for their buck, absolutely no shame there even the rich and famous do it! Plus hey, you get quite a bargain as long as you check expiration dates, you're good to go!

So the conversation I overheard was a gentleman talking to a woman about the changes that has happened in his life because of the economy. The changes he and his wife and children had to make and the fact that they are getting used to it, after getting over the initial shock of their experience!


They had to downgrade to a smaller home, whether they rent now or still own, I don't know, but going from what they had before to what they have now, downgrading, well, they've gotten used to that.  In fact, they rather like their life now.  Just as long as they're together and they make it work. The only thing that has been a shock and that they have not gotten used to is the fact that so many of their friends, the ones who didn't have to change, seems to have abandoned them. Some of their friends who have had to make changes the way they did, are not coping so well, they're having a very hard time with it.  And here he was in a store like this, and doing things he never had to do, its a lot to take in at times, but they are getting used to it.

I'm sure it is the same for a lot of people nowadays. The fact they were once rolling in it, their lifestyles were probably what most of us will never experience, and now they are not. Some people handle it and move forward, as he seemed to be doing, however, some do not. Truthfully for that guy, his friends who have abandoned them, were not really friends. I guess now he knows!

When you do think about what is going on in our world now dear reader, does it makes you feel afraid or hopeful?  On the news these days are people protesting not just here in America, but all over the world.  People are dissatisfied with what is going on.  How did we come to this?  Why can't we make it work?  When are people's lives going to improve to the point where they will no longer be dissatisfied?  Will they ever be happy again, ever?  What will it take to get all of  our countries back to where we were?  I have an even more important question - "Do we really want to be where we were?"



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