Best Time To Be Alive

 For most of the world, I have a question: "Has there ever been a better time to be alive?" Granted, there are troubled spots on this earth but prospects for peace and prosperity have never been better in my lifetime, except possibly for the immediate aftermath of WWII. So, why are there so many angry people? Why do we have to be miserable? Why hate someone we disagree with? These are simply choices we make.I remember immediately after my time in Laos during the Vietnam War, I returned to the USA in 1971 and took a job as a sales manager for a feed and farm automation company. I hated that job! I was actually developing ulcers over it. I wanted to farm. I remember walking through our warehouse one day and a thought occurred to me, "You could chose to love this job!" I shifted gears and walked out of that building loving my work. I took the "Dale Carnage Sales Course" and I found products that I actually believed helped my customers and I became the top sales manager in the Midwest. I won several awards, never asked for a raise and after three years I had enough money to start farming.We constantly have to encourage our orphans, who have every right to be full of self pity; "Why so glum? Learn to pray, plant a garden, raise pigs, drive a truck, farm fish, become a nurse, lay bricks, study as a beautician, or better yet, if you have a call, Preach!" It is amazing how powerful that simple truth is! [nggallery id=1755]