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Weathering the Economic Crisis







Much has been written about the current global economic crisis. To write about it will not add any solace to the majority of us. Wealth is very much a psychological comfort feeling. It is all so unreal, when one hears about the trillions of dollars to "rescue" the greed of the few who created this mess; it is really a case where fact is stranger than fiction.

Like the ominous dark cloud that looks so threatening, bringing thunder and lightning; eventually the downpour and still the rain will stop. Life will go on just as surely the earth will turn on its axis. And such weather does provide wonderful photographic opportunity, as I was driving home. I took out my Fuji Finepix s100fs, upon reaching home and took some of these shots which bring out the dichotomy of nature - for where there is light; there will be darkness. For where there is crisis; there is also opportunity.

Opportunity is not without risk; just as crisis is not without solution. Each one of us will just have to weather through the crisis in our own way. It will surely pass. In the process, will we be able to "rain" in the opportunity and make a "thunderous" victory?

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