The Media Missed Out on This One!
Good News
October 23rd, 2008
TRAVIS IS DOING WELL!
Do you ever just want to put your head in the sand and quit listening to the media? The news on a daily basis right now is so negative! Somewhere along the way, they determined that bad news generates more interest than positive. Well, not for me!
I started my day out by watching Robin Roberts - from Good Morning America - come up with lyrics to a song about a Brand New Day with the help of India.Arie . Robin, as you may well know, starts work early and she lives everyday with the hope each new day brings. Even through her breast cancer treatment recently, she remained upbeat. I like to surround myself with this kind of spirit. It rubs off!
After seeing this bit on T.V., I was ready to head to work. I kept my head up on my 10 mile drive. This sign about Travis caught my eye at a local service station called Jindras. They focus on the positive and I give them credit for doing so.
I passed it by and thought I’d better do a u-turn and go back to take a photo of it. I thought what is more important than little Travis? All our woes about money. We will survive this. The ones who won’t are those who think they won’t! I have a new friend, Sam, who lives off an island in Turkey. He actually gave up a more regular life to check out traveling for a few months and now almost three years later he is not ready to give it up. He has found there is more to life than Wall Street.
I now have a son who is in Paris - or maybe he has moved onto Milan - before he heads to India and points beyond. Both my sons worked hard as salmon fishermen in Alaska this summer and are now able to experience a bit of life until they return again next Spring. My other son is going to be spending his winter in Tahoe working and enjoying his passion - snowboarding. They are living simply but experiencing so much!
Will, ReloMary, Scott and Annie (the pooch)
I also want to let you know that in our office meeting this week we heard during the Mortgage Minute that it is a good time for people to go back to their banks to see if they can renegotiate their loans. The bailout money is being used for this. So, this is good news.
There is also good news for people who are buying homes. Prices are excellent and interest rates are also good. When my husband and I bought our first home in 1983, I believe the interest rates were 18%. They are around 6% right now. Unemployment in our town was 18% in 1983! I think we are hovering around 6% nationwide right now. (That means 94% are working!!) Interesting! I wonder if those rates go hand in hand???
Even with those atrocious figures in 1983, we made it! But it took hard work. And you know what? The harder we worked, the luckier we got! It’s awesome how that happens. Power of positive thinking and not allowing the nay-sayers to slow us down! Nike was onto something when they said, “Just Do It”.
Oh, I have connected a couple of people already this morning with hand picked Realtors in the areas they need - in Palm Springs, CA and Edison, New Jersey. One seller, one buyer. I’m working and I’m here for you to do the same. I love my job.
I invite you to look around you and comment on the positive things you see in your area, your life. There is always good news out there. Wouldn’t it be something if we focused on it?
There’s a place right here for you to make a comment about the good you see out there.
In the meantime, if you have any Real Estate Questions, I can put you in touch with the appropriate expert.
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enjoyed the story, mary! thanks!
These guys are getting bigger, bigger, bigger..
I’m a dwarf near them!
And look at Annie!! She stills strong!! Good girl!!
So.. Obama or McCain?
Wow, it’s been 5 years since you came from Brazil to live with us, Guga, as a Rotary Exchange Student. You spoke Portuguese and very little English when you arrived. You’ve changed tremendously, too! Your English is very good - no small feat!