Get ready for it: Another economic collapse is coming.

[bhikkhu]

40. I've been reading desperate attempts to wake people to the doom upon them - since the early 80's

We have had a recession or three, and at least a couple of collapses, and plenty of "churn" - jobs destroyed here, jobs created there, one thing after another. But overall the big picture just moves along, and the difference between collapse we're supposed to fear and prosperity we're supposed to cheer is just a few percentage points, somewhere in the mix.

Not that I'm saying it should be easy for people, or that my circumstances haven't diminished in the last few years, but the whole idea that one gets ready for disaster by learning to fear, and feeds the fear by devouring up on every portent of doom that can be found - well, that's just not very bright. I'd rather say that the best defense is to enjoy life, cling to what you enjoy and keep a smile close. A life full of fear is half abandoned already; its much better to live a life that's worth keeping - especially if it centers upon people rather than "stuff".

Imagine years down the road talking to your grandkids - if they ask you what you did back in these good old days, you wouldn't want the answer to be that mostly you complained, or that you spent too much time fearing the future to enjoy the present.