Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Good Old Days

Hello all and happy new year. What times we are going thru at the moment. Unemployment, foreclosures, businesses going under, $50 million Ponzi scams - and of course all the bailouts. Is there anyone one out there who takes any kind of personal responsibilty for making such blunders? Is it always someone elses fault? Are people that stupid and irresponsible that they don't know right from wrong? Apparently the answer to the questions are YES.... At least that is what the "dumb like foxes" want us to believe. What happen to the old adage of men being men and being honorable and forthright? Can this financial and moral decay be fixed? Yes.....
I am not a social psychiatrist but it would be logical that at one time there was honor and loyalty to oneself and community. Community; there is an idea. We in our little worlds have lost the idea of community, but to survive these hard times a community is what is needed. In the Old Days; whether good or bad; we had real neighborhoods not developments disguised as neighborhoods. We knew our neighbors and actually said hello to them. People looked out for each other and knew when there was something wrong and when people need help. How will this old thought pattern save us in these times of need. Well caring always helps. It makes us all feel wanted and important. Most of all it gives people a feeling of security. You never know who may have problems if you don't get to know them - or worse yet - that person could be you.
So on you way home tonight (from work - if you have a job), consider the word community; residential and business. Shop there, eat there, socialize there. Talk to your neighbor and help if you can - in anyway you can. Cause in these difficult times people may suffer in different ways. This is truly a time to help..... and remember the golden rule....