Coping With Today"s Economic Crisis
Today's economic situation is most likely the worse we have ever seen in our lifetime and unfortunately it will become even dimmer before it gets better.
Approximately 50 mortgage lenders, including Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae have either filed for bankruptcy or have completely shut down.
Chrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors have all submitted requests to the Federal Government for financial "bailouts" in order to continue their automotive industries.
Wall Street has been riding a roller coaster for months, up in points on way day just to fall more points the next.
What do we do? How do we deal with the possibility of a global financial crisis? What happens to our family if I loose my job? These are all questions so many of us are faced with on a daily basis.
Now...
before we really get STRESSED out, there is an answer.
The first thing I would suggest is to learn how to meditate.
Through meditation you are able to control the stress, and most of all save yourself from stress related illness.
Through meditation you can clear your mind and focus on the issues that are important...
HAPPINESS and JOY.
Now you ask...
what makes me such an expert? Well for starters I have never proclaimed myself an "expert" on our current economic situation.
However, I can tell you how meditation has changed my life and made it possible for me to face the daily challenges of life.
You see, my economic situation is actually like a very "bad dream".
I was laid off from a full time job, making good money, only to find that the only job I could obtain after that was parttime.
Since that happened (last year) I have lost just about everything I own, including my car.
I get up every morning, stand in the rain and freezing weather to take a city bus downtown (which takes 2 hours to reach my destination which is only 15 miles away) to go to work for my 3-4 yours and then spend another 2 hours to travel home.
I do this each day, and each day I smile.
Why you ask? Because I look at what I have.
Not what I don't have.
That is one of the many things meditation has taught me.
Through meditation I have learned that each day is a "new" day that you can never live over again.
I make it my daily task to find the beauty and positive of the day whether it be the unique sunrise (which I am fortunate enough to see while someone else (bus driver) is taking me to work), the smile on a child's face, or most importantly, making someone else smile and feel joy.
My purse may be empty but my spirit is rich.
If we could all follow these concepts the world would not only be a happier place but also healthier.
When we focus on the negative, when we allow daily situations to create stress in our lives, worry about things we have no control over we are only setting off our own time bomb.
These negative emotions not only effect our relationships with others but most importantly our overall health.
Learn to be happy, every day, no matter what you are faced with.
Learn to be thankful for what you have and not what you don't have.
Learn to live each day to its fullest and destroy negativity and stress in your life.
Approximately 50 mortgage lenders, including Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae have either filed for bankruptcy or have completely shut down.
Chrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors have all submitted requests to the Federal Government for financial "bailouts" in order to continue their automotive industries.
Wall Street has been riding a roller coaster for months, up in points on way day just to fall more points the next.
What do we do? How do we deal with the possibility of a global financial crisis? What happens to our family if I loose my job? These are all questions so many of us are faced with on a daily basis.
Now...
before we really get STRESSED out, there is an answer.
The first thing I would suggest is to learn how to meditate.
Through meditation you are able to control the stress, and most of all save yourself from stress related illness.
Through meditation you can clear your mind and focus on the issues that are important...
HAPPINESS and JOY.
Now you ask...
what makes me such an expert? Well for starters I have never proclaimed myself an "expert" on our current economic situation.
However, I can tell you how meditation has changed my life and made it possible for me to face the daily challenges of life.
You see, my economic situation is actually like a very "bad dream".
I was laid off from a full time job, making good money, only to find that the only job I could obtain after that was parttime.
Since that happened (last year) I have lost just about everything I own, including my car.
I get up every morning, stand in the rain and freezing weather to take a city bus downtown (which takes 2 hours to reach my destination which is only 15 miles away) to go to work for my 3-4 yours and then spend another 2 hours to travel home.
I do this each day, and each day I smile.
Why you ask? Because I look at what I have.
Not what I don't have.
That is one of the many things meditation has taught me.
Through meditation I have learned that each day is a "new" day that you can never live over again.
I make it my daily task to find the beauty and positive of the day whether it be the unique sunrise (which I am fortunate enough to see while someone else (bus driver) is taking me to work), the smile on a child's face, or most importantly, making someone else smile and feel joy.
My purse may be empty but my spirit is rich.
If we could all follow these concepts the world would not only be a happier place but also healthier.
When we focus on the negative, when we allow daily situations to create stress in our lives, worry about things we have no control over we are only setting off our own time bomb.
These negative emotions not only effect our relationships with others but most importantly our overall health.
Learn to be happy, every day, no matter what you are faced with.
Learn to be thankful for what you have and not what you don't have.
Learn to live each day to its fullest and destroy negativity and stress in your life.