Stock Market Crashes

Dow's goal in life is to amass all the money he can for "retirement."
Today's decline in the market will strike at the heart of his "life's purpose."
How sad I spent my marriage supporting a trust in the idol of money as security and life's purpose. I did it unconsciously, but did it never the less with emotional and spiritual disaster for myself and Jason.

I do not know, like any of us, what the future will hold. I know Americans must change our lifestyles and it is now. Just in time for an election and a 1-3 trillion dollar war that has driven our economy into depression. I figure I can always live with Connie and we can pool our resources, whatever they turn out to be. Or another family member to help out with bills or a senior here in Chicago or where ever Godde leads me.

I live today consciously trying to live in peace with myself and all my brothers and sisters, all 6 billion of you, and all life on planet earth our only home. My quote for the day from Edith Stein: Self Portrait in Letters (pg 315):

I wonder: will we live to see the events of our days become "history"? I have a great desire to see all this sometime in the light of eternity. For one realizes ever more clearly how blind we are toward everything. One marvels at how mistakenly one viewed a lot of things before, and yet the very next moment one commits the blunder again of forming an opinion without having the necessary basis for it.

I am heading off to Costa Rica with a group of travel agents. What a vacation report I hope to be able to write when I return July 7. Have a great 4th of July and great vacations wherever, whatever you plan to do this summer for re-creation. They are calling the travel alternative "staycation" So for those who are enjoying your homes and environment, blessings! Do take good care of yourselves and renew/make friendships, reconnect with family.