recession may not be so bad after all.

This is just a thought for those who might be getting depressed with all of the recession talk. we were going to take the kids to the movies today but on the way there decided it would be more fun, and less expensive to go to Walmart and buy some movies and snacks for our own movie marathon at home. We ended up with four movies and enough junk food to make us sick for the day, all for less than it costs to take your family to a movie. It's getting harder to not think about rising costs when that's all you hear about. But I've come to the conclusion that this is not as much of a bad thing as some think. All this tells me is that it's time for us to slow down and perhaps humble ourselves a bit. Now is a really good time for us as a society to reevaluate our needs and priorities. Maybe, higher gas prices mean families will have to learn how to spend time together at home. Maybe that would then lead to lower cell phone bills, lower credit card debt, more time to instill values into our children, less microwaved, deep fried, processed foods and more healthy home cooked meals at the table, more free walks at the park, more time for prayer, less time watching the television(with cable at $100 a month) more time playing board games with family and friends, more time to read free books from the library, and so on. Instead of feeling helpless and hopeless, let's start trying to read the messages events in life are telling us.