People...Scarey Creatures!

I don't know whether I should be afraid, cautious, or what. I witnessed an actual "run" on a bank today. With Washington Mutual stock dropping from $14 to $1.25 per share, I watched people rush into WaMu and withdraw all their money. There were lines of people pushing and shoving, getting angry and frantic because the lines weren't moving fast enough. It made me wonder what it had to have been like back in the day when the stock market crashed and how the people reacted then. What frightening animals we are.

I have my retirement funds tied up with Merril Lynch. Is it safe? I don't know. Can I do anything about it? Nope! Will I be left with nothing? Possibly. There are plenty of people who will rush to put the blame of this on the president (why not, he's as easy to blame as the next man) Lord save us from politicians and all things political, or anything different than what we personally believe in. I get so tired of hearing people bitch and moan about how "bad" things are and how things will change with a new president, or a different this or that. Maybe...but what scares me more are these same people who are so far up on the soap box that they can't "see or hear" anything negative about their candidate or their way of thinking, people who are so fanatical about something that they have blinders on to anything else. This scares me.

What I do believe is that we are in for a change. I don't know what it will be, if it will be good or bad, but it is coming. I also believe in God and that He does have a plan for me. I'm really not a very good christian, not the faithful church-going kind. But I do believe I'm on a path set out for me and that I all I have to do is ask for guidance and it will be there in some form or other. I also have to understand and accept that sometimes when I ask for things the answer is "no".

Am I afraid? Yep! Does it do any good? Nope...just makes me careful.

There really isn't any point to this rambling, just an observation of sorts. I can't change the world, just try and pad my little piece of it. I can't let the events of the day force me behind closed doors to the point where I can't find the beauty in the petals of a rose.

Peace out! Love me