So what? The simple fact of the matter is that the economy has sucked before and will suck again in the future. We, as people, have a terrible habit of focusing on a situation that his naturally time-limited and viewing it as if it is a permanent thing. So, in this case, we see a weak worldwide economy, few job prospects, and diminishing returns on investments and think this is the way it will be forever. But it is not. Things change; change, in fact, is the only steady in life. This isn't Polly Anna-like optomism either, its just realisitic thinking. Things change, and this too will change.

But in a far larger point of view, what does it matter anyway? We have little control over these things, and the simple fact of the matter is that all of the goodies and gadgets we seem to crave so much are nothing but pieces of junk anyway, destined to dust, decay, and destruction. The only things in this world that really, truly matter are the relationships we can make with other people, the love we give the world, the good we can do with what time we have, and the faith in God we can share with others.

No economy, no matter how foul, can ever take that away.