Don't Give Up

This has been an incredibly long year for many Americans. We've suffered many losses: physically, mentally, emotionally, politically, and economically. It is with difficulty that I raise my head this holiday season, and say, "Rage against the dying of the light!" As long as you have presence of mind, hope in your heart, and faith in something greater than yourself, you will survive, God willing, thrive in the sunlight of a brilliant tomorrow. Hang on one more day. Marshall your wits one more time. Get up, get up, get moving...I know you are weary, but eternal rest is not for you now. Get up, get up, get moving. Don't let this economy tell you what you can't do! Tell it, no, show it what you can do! Stand up! If it knocks you down, stand up again! This recession is not your master. It does not own you. It does not define you. Don't give it more due than it's due. You are stronger than you know now go, plan, share, build, and thrive in your thoughts and actions geared toward an industrious, beautiful life beyond recession's cold, post-capital melt-down! Go forth and give your heart, give to those in need, help the orphan and the widowed, and put a little aside for yourself and the Lord - watch your life expand, inspire others, and be everything you dreamed...if you just DON'T GIVE UP! You have to be in the game of life to win it or have a draw, which is far more admirable than giving up, so don't.