Hey, I kinda like how my glasses make me see the world! So I'll keep them on and let you and the other doom and gloomers out there keep your "the world is coming to an end/the economy is in shambles" glasses on....
In all candor....EVERYTHING in life "depends on how you see it." Newton's 3rd Law, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Otherwise said, there is a good side to EVERYTHING, if YOU, my friend, take the time to stop listening to a media who gets paid to SELL NEWS and scare you into oblivion.
Is it tough(er) out there right now? Sure is, you betchya. Is there uncertainty? Maybe. (I would argure there is change.) But (getting back to US Airways), the Sand Fleas infesting The Sand Castle MUST scare US Employees...they HAVE to scare them, to get them to march in line.
At the end of the day, all of this stuff is a catalyst for change...that's all. The world is changing, US Airways is changing...aviation is changing...in my wine and real estate business, it's changing. Do I like how the real estate side of my life is playing out right now? Of course not!
But I can promise you with a 10,000% degree of certainty: It does me absolutely ZERO good to focus on and worry about things COMPLETELY out of my control. Instead, I chose to concentrate on things I can manage...like finding opportunity in a challenging environment.
One of the things I can't STAND about today's modern liberal mindset is, EVERYTHING is someone else's fault and/or responsibility.
Let me promise you something with, again, a 10,000% degree of certainty: When it becomes someone else's fault or problem, you just surrendered the control you have to navigate and get through the tought times....and from my mind set, when times are good, you should pay in and pay in more dearly to "those in control."
So, I'll gladly "take my glasses off" if you would insure me that you would stop buying into all the talking head idiots out there who have a "surrender and get jammed" mindset.
This too shall pass...if this supposed "economy in shambles" is the worst thing that ever happens to you, consider yourself and EXTREMELY fortunate and blessed human being.