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Focus on what you can control--anything can happen if you try

The economy has been going backward-to-sideways long enough. It is time to recover.

We face big problems, of that there is no doubt. Deficits at all levels of government and ridiculously high healthcare costs are the first two that come to mind. These are problems that cannot be solved by us individually. Realistically, the best we can do is to make sure that our controllable environment is stable and secure—our families, our jobs, our companies.

Words of wisdom

My grandmother had a saying, “If you watch your pennies, you can leave your dimes alone.” I understand this a lot better today then I did when I was playing marbles in the third grade.

I think the wisdom of her words is appropriate now, and it applies to a lot more than just pennies. We have to be responsible for the things that are of a size and scope we can control. We have three powerful assets—our time, our health, and our free will. We can’t stop time, and as it passes, so will our health. That pretty much leaves us with free will, and what we choose to do today. Tomorrow doesn’t count, only what we do today.

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