When times get hard, we often withdraw and try to make it through hard times on our own. But it is the time we need to pull our friends and families closest to us. We only can make it through difficult times with help and support of those around us.
Nothing says deep emotions more than a good country song. This is especially true when a particularly true when a country song is sung over and over again by different artist, over the years.
I want to use this one song to drive home the point of view that we need each other to make it through hard times. I am not just writing about difficult times in our economy, or nation, or family, but also our personal life.
Watch this video and listen to the words. Spend time with, and build relationship with those who are important to you.
Ray Littrell compares the price of a chocolate bar in the mid 1960’s along with the price of wages. Then Ray take looks at the price of wages today.
We are losing ground, compared to the standard of living in the mid 1960’s. Sure we have computers and more modern conveniences, but we have less money in our pockets.
Listen to Ray’s presentation of the Chocolate Index
A few month ago, I got the audio version of As A Man Thinketh. It is written by James Allen. Allen insists upon the power of the individual to form his own character and to create his own happiness.
Thought and character are one, he says, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. This does not mean that a man’s circumstances at any given time are an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought element within him that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development.
You can get your copy of As A Man Thinketh for EFCussins Store.
