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Re: The Benefits of Surging Oil, Recession, and the Housing Bust
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Originally Posted by logansowner
There is no "benefit" to the rising cost of fuel and the recession.
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Yes, there is. We get to wake up. We get to determine our own future instead of having our jobs dictate how we live. We get to stop living beyond our means and learn that less really, truly is more. We get to learn that consumerism should not be a National pasttime. We get to learn that spending time with our kids instead of spending money on our kids, is way more meaningful to them. We get to re-prioritize what is really, truly important in our lives. You can either look at the negatives, like your post, or you can look at the positives. I choose to look beyond the immediate panic monkey, pro-mineminemine mentality and see the good that can come from living simply, instead of simply living.
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