Working on optimism
How can I say everything is good when there appear big messes and conflicts and war and murder and poverty and disease?
I have many answers for this question
Usually I say that we need to surrender our pride to God. When we do that the problems disappear. We realize that they are illusions of our faulty judgment
This is God’s world, perfect in all ways, eternal
What are my problems now from the perspective of ETERNITY?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Not Too Hot, Not Too COld
Latest prediction for the economy is 2% growth.
I see that as good news.
That is the right number. More than that leads to trouble.
We don't need it.
We need to plan for 2% growth and live within that.
It can work.
We have super abundance.
Right now we already have more than we need.
2% growth is great news. It means we can expect the growth to continue
without a lot of inflation and for a long time to come.
Higher growth would cause inflation, high interest rates and ultimately a new
recession.
Low growth is the best growth.
I see that as good news.
That is the right number. More than that leads to trouble.
We don't need it.
We need to plan for 2% growth and live within that.
It can work.
We have super abundance.
Right now we already have more than we need.
2% growth is great news. It means we can expect the growth to continue
without a lot of inflation and for a long time to come.
Higher growth would cause inflation, high interest rates and ultimately a new
recession.
Low growth is the best growth.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Dance All The Way!
you want to feel good? look at feel good stuff!
The dancer, not the prancer!
Not the wise man, but the blind man dancing in the dark!
DANCING!
Yes! Here we are in the dark and we can cower in fear or we can dance for joy!
It is our choice.
Long time ago I discovered different routes to my office. I could choose the fastest way or the most beautiful way.
Which way, which avenue, which route?
Some ways are more pleasant than others and we really do have a choice.
The dancer, not the prancer!
Not the wise man, but the blind man dancing in the dark!
DANCING!
Yes! Here we are in the dark and we can cower in fear or we can dance for joy!
It is our choice.
Long time ago I discovered different routes to my office. I could choose the fastest way or the most beautiful way.
Which way, which avenue, which route?
Some ways are more pleasant than others and we really do have a choice.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Is The Correction Done?
Stocks have been correcting for a few weeks.
They got down around 7% from the recent highs.
Is it over?
Or do we have another 4% to go?
But it is most likely just a correction, not a new bear market.
Which means that there will be new highs this year after this correction is over.
I say this correction is over or almost over.
But it will take off slowly. No fireworks for July.
They got down around 7% from the recent highs.
Is it over?
Or do we have another 4% to go?
But it is most likely just a correction, not a new bear market.
Which means that there will be new highs this year after this correction is over.
I say this correction is over or almost over.
But it will take off slowly. No fireworks for July.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Panacea
Looking for a panacea is like looking for a perpetual motion machine.
Except there really is one and only one really good panacea.
Accept everything exactly as it is.
Total acceptance
Still, the question remains.
How can one be more accepting? How can one begin to accept all the things that have
been so much trouble?
But reason yields this information.
That the world is not going to change. You can't change the world. It is what it is.
And it is vast.
But you can work on your own attitude. You can get a better attitude.
A more accepting attitude.
Stop fighting
stop
see the divine
it is everywhere already
Except there really is one and only one really good panacea.
Accept everything exactly as it is.
Total acceptance
Still, the question remains.
How can one be more accepting? How can one begin to accept all the things that have
been so much trouble?
But reason yields this information.
That the world is not going to change. You can't change the world. It is what it is.
And it is vast.
But you can work on your own attitude. You can get a better attitude.
A more accepting attitude.
Stop fighting
stop
see the divine
it is everywhere already
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Pleasure of Work
Cleaned a carpet in my vacant apartment today.
Did a great job.
Was very pleased by the result.
It looks beautiful now.
My regular cleaner is ill so I decided to do the job myself.
And I got my seventeen year old son to help.
Work can be a real pleasure.
Did a great job.
Was very pleased by the result.
It looks beautiful now.
My regular cleaner is ill so I decided to do the job myself.
And I got my seventeen year old son to help.
Work can be a real pleasure.
Cool Economy
Below is a repost of my blog from last February.
Things are looking that way still.
I think that our fathers don't understand what an overheated economy is.
They have things all planned for an unrealistic level of activity.
The big activity always leads to problems.
The writing is on the wall! We have more than enough, but are never satisfied.
Biggest problem is unemployment, but we have defined it that way.
We think there is too much unemployment now because of a rate. A survey. An estimate.
Reality is a labor shortage!
There is a shortage of good productive laborers.
Overstimulating the economy in order to have "full employment" always leads to inflation which is bad for almost everyone and does little to help the unemployed.
The overstimulation is what causes the recessions.
We need to learn to live in a cool economy
COOL ECONOMY
Be Ready For The Next Recession
Some things you can predict.
There will be another recession some time in the future.
The current expansion is now about 20 months old.
Already there are signs of overheating.
The uprising in Egypt was partly triggered by rising food prices.
That is a sign of overheating.
The price of oil is approaching $100 a barrel.
That is a sign of overheating.
Three million dollars for a 30 second spot on the super-bowl.
Overheating
I hope this expansion will last a long time.
But it could end at any time so be ready.
Things are looking that way still.
I think that our fathers don't understand what an overheated economy is.
They have things all planned for an unrealistic level of activity.
The big activity always leads to problems.
The writing is on the wall! We have more than enough, but are never satisfied.
Biggest problem is unemployment, but we have defined it that way.
We think there is too much unemployment now because of a rate. A survey. An estimate.
Reality is a labor shortage!
There is a shortage of good productive laborers.
Overstimulating the economy in order to have "full employment" always leads to inflation which is bad for almost everyone and does little to help the unemployed.
The overstimulation is what causes the recessions.
We need to learn to live in a cool economy
COOL ECONOMY
Be Ready For The Next Recession
Some things you can predict.
There will be another recession some time in the future.
The current expansion is now about 20 months old.
Already there are signs of overheating.
The uprising in Egypt was partly triggered by rising food prices.
That is a sign of overheating.
The price of oil is approaching $100 a barrel.
That is a sign of overheating.
Three million dollars for a 30 second spot on the super-bowl.
Overheating
I hope this expansion will last a long time.
But it could end at any time so be ready.
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