Thoughts On Grief

It is easier to never love again than to process our grief - It Is a great loss to never love again...

 - Mrs. Smith

I Don't Know What To Title This Post...

 “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.”

 – Calvin Coolidge

I saw this quote the other day and wondered if it were even possible in this day and age to live within our means. I know that it is getting harder and harder to make the ends meet. Inflation is out of control. The only advice we are getting from those who are in control is to eat more cereal and hot dogs. They are so out of touch with reality that they don't realize that not only are those items toxic and unhealthy to eat due to their own greed and those items in particular are also very expensive per pound. Shame on them for feeding us garbage that other countries won't even allow to be sold in their stores. Shame on us for allowing it! 

I guess this is exactly what Calvin Coolidge was talking about in this quote. We lose our independence and right to make better choices for ourselves when we live outside our means. There is always a day of reckoning. I believe that we are witnessing and feeling the pain from decades of reckless policies and policies that are driven by the lust for power, greed and our own insatiable appetite for more.  

I guess this is my response from the epiphany I had while shopping yesterday. We spend more and more, get less and less for our money. We saw the price for fuel jump .21 cents a gallon from one store to the other within a matter of 20 miles or so. When the next fuel truck arrives, the price will rise again. We had to waste fuel just to get from one store to the other because the store was out of a product that we needed. This product wasn't something we could do without it was a necessity. A physical need. The extra cost makes the price of the item rise exponentially, not to mention the waste of time and wear on our vehicle that we are unable to buy parts for due to lack of shipments coming into our country. Our system is fragile and on the verge of collapse. 

Keep an eye on your friends, neighbors and the elderly who may be doing without medicine and meals to make their ends meet. If you see a need, fill the need. If the need is more than you can handle, find resources within your community to help with the need. We are all in this together. 

Mrs. Smith

Charles H Spurgeon - Quote

 

“You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.” 

–  Charles H. Spurgeon

Inspirational Quotes

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor... Franklin D. Roosevelt

This Is the Beginning of a New Day - Author Unknown

 “This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it – or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, and not loss; good, and not evil; success, and not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price I have paid for it.” ~Author Unknown

When You Feel Trapped by Your Circumstances...

Remember, there is always a way out...

Mrs. Smith

Inspirational Quotes ...

 

“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”  ― Marcus Aurelius

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

Albert Einstein - Inspirational Quotes

 

A Person's Most Useful Asset... Inspirational Quote

 

Regrets...

 

C.S. Lewis - Quote...

 

"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.”

 - C.S. Lewis

Winston Churchill Inspirational Quote...

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure...  

Winston Churchill

With all the crazy in the world I figured we could use some inspiration from those who have gone before us.

Mrs. Smith