by Sarah Darling

Created on: July 23, 2008

Thinking about the future

It has been my experience that a person thinking about the future is directly connected up the age of the person. The younger the person, the less they likely they are to be concerned. It is not until you begin to realize that you have a future that you begin to ponder it. As a child you have no need to bother, because it is usually in the hands of the adult in the family, or whatever responsible person is in charge of you. The subject does not usually come up until you enter the upper grades in school. It is then brought home, with the ever growing concern of teachers and parents to get good grades.

They tell you that the future is important and you should concentrate in doing your best. Things like sports , friendships, take on anew meaning. For example, I am sure you have all been told, "if your friends jumped from a building would you follow,"

Well as the years progress, you suddenly find that perhaps the future is important. We all have our doubts and we often worry. What will I do and what will happen to me. Will I get into high school, will I go to college? We grow, and we become more aware.

The future can be a scary place, not only for the young, but the older folks as well. When you have children you must worry about the future for them. Will they be happy? Will they succeed? Will I be able to keep my job long enough to see them through college?
Will I have health insurance, and if so, will it cover any problems that arise? The future will always be there, with a million questions.

The state of the economy is in flux. We have no idea from one day to another what will happen. With a new President around the corner, and the economy in the worst shape it's been in many a year, what can we do? We ask these questions daily. We talk about, read about, and wonder if, it can all work out. There is war and soldiers are dying daily. The price of gasoline is unrealistic. We cannot hardly afford to eat, and when we do, we must be careful we don't die from salmonella. We have hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, and people losing jobs . The depression began very much the same way, if you remember your history. They were all doing pretty well until the big crash and then well, you know how that went. It didn't go well, not well at all. That generation could tell you few things about a "wonderful" period of our great history.

Each day we rise, praying that no new calamity has overtaken our world. We who have faith, believing in God and his omnipotent

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