coffee in the morning

one of life's little pleasures
and it gets me a bit reflective ( warning it's not the best post in the begining but stick with me folks...it gets better)

i was reading a bit on msnbc about stress, etc
apparently during this current depression ( labeled recession so as not to scare us)
people are experiencing stress!
imagine THAT....................!

and following the stress is depression......
oh MY will it never END?

(ok i will hold off some of my sarcasm over the irony of it all)

ok let's review a bit

• tons of folks are laid off
• food prices etc are through the roof
• the goverment is trying to help by bailing out failing industries
• the failing industries are taking the money and running
• jobs are going to third world countries
• and our population is aging to the point where we need more help and money

did i cover it all?

no wonder we are all nutso and stressed.
it's a question of 'where do we turn?'
the safety nets we thought were in place have all either gone away totally ...............
or are so holey that we are falling through

if we still have our jobs, we worry will we have them tomorrow
if we are out of work......
we worry will we get work
lose the house
feed my family

now on that cheery note
at least a lot of us are trying to do something
we are increasing our self sufficency
some folks are breaking ground for their very first gardens
learning to grow their own
keeping chickens is getting HUGE

(CHICKENS are the NEW knitting hahahahah)

i would like to get involved and see others get involved with more do it yourself solar projects

a friend of mine (hi dorothy)
is working on just that
she emailed me about it and it is fascinating
and doable!
and not the money sink we all have seen to this point
(dorothy could you email me it all again, i will post it to the blog to help others and so i can remember......cause my memory lately is not so good)

i think that down the line, recycling will be huge out of necessity
and that can be a very good thing
i will also venture that some stuff will be like an 'altered art' type thing
we will figure good design out of stuff and recycled or repurposed will be a very trendy thing to do
all good for us
the planet
the enviroment

i am also thinking that this all eventually will be good all the way around

but the transistion will be tough
at least for a while
change always is tough no?
even good change can be stressful

now with all this
from where i sit
i realized a few things
when i write this blog
i can go from a place of stress and fear and worry
and work backwards to see a bigger picture
then see where some of the 'worst things'
really are the clouds that cover the silver lining
for that
i thank you folks who do read me out there
and comment
(especially you all that comment, either here or by email.......since then i know i am not talking to air)

today i wish you all the discovery of one good thing the depression has given you
be it a renewed determination to be more self sufficient
or a bit of time to spend with your family because your hours are cut a bit

we all need to remind each other

so today this post is my reminder to you all