Worry...Whine...Or Work...!!!

It’s everywhere. You can’t turn on the tube without hearing CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS or television giant XYZ harping on how bad the economy is this day and age. Democrats blame the Republicans, the Left blames the Right and so on and so on. They are so intrenched in such a “blame game” that nothing is getting done. That is, except a whole lot of jaw flapping. Wait a minute...I forgot to mention that the States blame the Feds and that there are those who think it’s all made up just to make us feel like things are going to hell in a hay basket.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t need some dude, or gal in a suit in a climate controlled New York studio to tell me that times are tough. I can check my balance in the bank and know something is out of kilter. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine that when the cost of living goes up and up and up and the bucks coming in don’t take on a similar role that things are tight. Why, just the other day I was cruising through the TV room and overheard someone from the flat screen say something about “Slim Fast”.

Now, that caught my attention. Actually, it was a commercial for those of us who think in-activity is a sport and have the trophies to prove it. What struck me then, and does today, is that these people have no idea of how “Slim” and “Fast” things can get when you have a passion for a sport that involves more than a stick and a ball or a deck of cards.

Yes, I’m talking about ATV racing. Not to scare you but...hello...it’s expensive. And, those of us who do it all the time need not be reminded of the cost of pursuing something that brings pleasure to us and our families. It’s better than a lot of ways I know that people blow money in the pursuit of pleasure. I shan’t mention those folks and their vices...

But, what I will mention is the fact that a person these days has to make up his, or her, mind as to which direction their going to point their thoughts. The way I see it is that you can do one of three things. You can waste away worrying about it. You can spend endless hours whining about it. Or, try this on for size, you can roll up your sleeves, use what the good Lord gave you, stop worrying and whining which does no good at all...and...go to work.