I’m a hard core capitalist, which means this bailout bothers me. A billion dollars is more money than I can imagine.
But I think people need to be trying to help each other out on a more personal level. I am not talking about hand outs, I am talking about paying it forward. I think if we all looked around we could find ways to help other people’s businesses succeed. What can we do to help push each other forward? I am looking at friend’s businesses and trying to help them with setting up books, developing websites, and creating business plans. In a burst of optimism I am wondering what would happen if we all reached out and pulled someone else 2 steps forward.

I like coffee in the morning. I like to get up and grab a cup and sit in front of the laptop and get caught up on the world.
But my dogs don’t need coffee. That may be attributed to the fact that they sleep more than I do, but it may also be because they wait until I wake up and then they are supremely excited to be alive. We get to go outside!!! We get breakfast! The world is amazing!!!!
Yes, they have better perspectives than I do in the morning. I need to substitute “have to” with “get to” in my morning routine and get the same feeling that the dogs have.

Social networking is alive and well. Search Engine Optimization means getting domain names higher in the search list. Keep googling yourself to see where google ranks you. Use Linked In, Facebook and Twitter to increase traffic.

I confess I pay little attention to Basketball until March Madness hits. Then I watch with sheer amazement at the talent, perserverence, heart and discipline exhibited by these players. I know people get really excited by the close games and the OT and the teams that go forward. I see loads of talented students who will go on to be pilots and architects and managers and teachers. And I am so proud of all of our young people who work so hard toward their academic and athletic and spiritual goals.