Ron, I think good people go through life giving a lot of love, and getting a lot in return.
And when they are gone, that love, if only friendship, is surely missed.
4.1% unemployment. Really remarkable. Stock market at record highs.
Our economy is like a big long powerful train, and there are plenty of seats on it for all
working men and women now. It has driven up wages in this area as companies have to compete more
for labor and job hopping has become a natural part of getting ahead.
Trains derail though, though you hope it goes off on a siding and not flipping off the tracks in flame and destruction.
I worry about our train...
I worry about how to get parts for all my South Korean appliance parts if the man with the bad haircut
acts out his big talk with impulsive action. If we push all his buttons, will something not surely go off?...
I worry about all your grandchildren finding out this is not a safe or civilized world, when their friends go off to war like
many of ours did. Maybe they know already with the terrorists and good/bad training at school.
I only wish them the serenity of some Amazonian child (with good healthcare...) growing up in Nature and being content
with the smallest gifts of Nature. Isolated from the world's craziness, and let's face it, who is going to bomb/nuke South America?, not going to happen,
so they are truly protected. Surrounded by jungle green, filtering out the bad air drifting by above the canopy.
Sadly they don't have tractors yet.
But they sure don't worry about all this worldwide tension like we do. Much less urban gangs shooting up our work space.
I grew up climbing under school desks and we are still doing it.
The Merriest Christmas of all will be when we all learn to get along with each other.
That might take a whole lot of pixie dust.
