Things Are Looking Up
The results of a poll, conducted for Postmedia News and Global TV, indicated that 32 per cent of Canadians thought that the BP oil disaster was the number one news story of 2010. Second on the list was the earthquake in Haiti, with 20 per cent.
These two events were linked in their devastation of both natural and constructed environments. They spoke to the inability of science to predict or maintain the terrible consequences of a disaster on a mammoth scale.
The Gulf spill lasted for 154 days and the clean up is far from over.
In Haiti too, the relief efforts are still continuing.
If we look from these disasters to our own lives, it seems that some of our personal problems are not always as devastating as we paint them. This is a wake-up call. While our personal problems may not go away on their own, they certainly don’t compare to an unchecked oil spill.
Sometimes a simple loan can get us out from our rock.
Paying off our creditors can be easy with a second mortgage. Alpine credits can help you by using your home as equity.
Don’t let your finances consume your thoughts. Save your emotions for the events that deserve them. Like the third story on the list, a story of hope, resilience and human ingenuity: The Chilean Miners.
Things Are Looking Up
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