PROGRAM SUCCESS – JANUARY 2009
PAGE 5
Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
This New Year
By, Veronica Anderson, Esquire,
Anderson and Associates, P.A
There’s an old saying that crisis and opportunity are the two
sides of the same coin. In these troubled financial times many
are facing difficult financial and spiritual challenges. People
have lost jobs, homes, self-confidence and their faith in the
future. Thanks, in great part, to the media and what is happening with the housing, banks and automobile industries, people
are becoming fearful. Fear causes one to concentrate on what
is seen and heard, which causes you to lose focus that God is
still in charge. There are still opportunities for financial
growth, recovery and spiritual re-birth, if we look for them.
A great opportunity for financial and spiritual rebirth is presented to us by the upcoming New Year. We all want to give
extravagant presents,
especially to our loved
ones. But in these financial times, it doesn’t
make sense to spend
money on expensive
presents when you’re
having trouble paying
the bills; and it doesn’t
set a good example for
our children. Consider
making something with
your own hands, or giving your child a gift
Veronica Anderson
certificate for 200 minutes of your time, to be
Esquire
spent however that child
wants. Presents can be less expensive than in previous years,
but the Holiday experience can be richer and more meaningful.
Put the credit cards away, and find an opportunity for the
whole family to help someone who is less fortunate. Volunteer to feed the homeless; cle