Control what you can let go of the rest

The stock market is finding new lows.  Companies that

defined American industry are running low on capital and

asking congress for money.  Unemployment is climbing

The housing slump continues with prices falling and foreclosures

rising.  The retail Christmas projections look bleak.   Time to

go surfing!

I had a great session the other day.  Only 3 of us out in chest high

waves.  The air and water were both pleasant by November

standards.  It was one of those days when the waves keep coming

and you get a great workout...catch a wave paddle back out and catch

another.  I must have had a hundred waves.  What made the session

even better was the company.  I surfed with 2 good friends.  Ironically

both are feeling the impact of these crazy economic times.  One owns

a number of retail stores, the other is in commercial real estate.  You'd

never have known that these are troubles times.  We laughed, joked,

commented on the glassy, clean lines in the ocean, watched as schools

of fish broke the surface not far from us.  " It doesn't get better than

this" one of my buddies said.  

We don't have much control over the economic woes.  All we can do

is decide on a course of action and go with it.  Control what you can

control, let the rest go, and enjoy the rest.  What's the sense of worrying?