Thursday, West Lafayette, Indiana

Well, another day, another stock market tanking. Already this morning were down several hundred points as the recession gets scarier. It is beginning to touch home with me with more than a few acquaintances losing their jobs. It’s all just overwhelming. I’m not sure many of us saw this coming. For so many years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 most of us have been living in fear of another similar attack. I’m not sure any of us saw an economic calamity coming.

And for those of us minions who are not in power, about all we can do is vote with passion and, at a more practical level rethink how we are going to live our lives. Sally and I made a decision four years ago that we were going to significantly downsize our life. We sold our large home and moved to a smaller house in a modest neighborhood. We decided to focus on our lifestyle of friendships, neighbors and activities. And we are so grateful that we made this decision early. It was one of the best things we ever did to make a decision to “get small” with our lifestyle. It’s very liberating and it might be time to consider it for yourself. Blessings!