Had the opportunity to spend most of the day with Uncle Jim and Aunt Katie in Kentucky today. I always love chatting with them, they ground my thinking in so many ways. One of the many conversations we had was around the subject of the market and our speculation of when things might come back ... which led to a conversation on "Come back to what?"
The good news is that we were in agreement, that the market should come back, be more robust and enable people to make money and have better lives, but in a way that was healthy.
They spoke of some one they know who was living the "New American Dream" that just got shattered. A $800,000 home, boats, cars, two jobs and lots of bills. Well both husband and wife lost their $100K+ jobs over a two year period and sort of lost most of it.
The story ends with the husband finding a job with Toyota and the wife get a job that pays 25% of what she was making before, they now live in a much smaller house ... BUT they are in a sense, glad that it all happened. What they say is that they came out on the other side - living happier lives, feeling more in love with each other and overall in a much healthier place. With that wake up call they now focus on what is important; the joy, the harmony the love in the their lives.
All's I'm going to say to this is ... Amen!
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