Looking for hope in doom

Definition of week end has changed for many people as it did for me, its not fun anymore, Economy is going bad on us, layoffs, rate/salary cuts, inflation...in short as many see it its doom all over and its taking its toll on us ... on me. I was looking for answers to get rid of this strenuous situation and the only solution i found was from the people who are around me.

Often people around me quote great and well known people like Ambhani, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to show an example for positive thinking. But they miss the basic point, we are trying to point at people whom we don't have access to and the only mode to know about them is mass media. I always thought that visuals are effective than audibles, in this prospect mass media was acting like a audible to me. As i was looking for visuals who can inspire me there were numerous people but two people stood out from all of them.

My Friend Sankar and my wife Vidya. Sankar is a person who has seen all odds of life including being unemployed in which he employed himself. Although being a software developer he took up truck driving when he was unemployed and marely earned 3000 Indian Rupees/month or less than 75 US Dollars/month, but now he earning couple of thousand dollars. When we talk to him about economy, its as if he is not related to this side of the world, he says with a relaxed mind "I will take care of my truck business or will go back to driving truck in India". His open mind amazes me.
About Vidya, she is a cool going person who takes one day at a time. She gives more preference to pleasures of today than the 'imaginary and fictional' worries of tomorrow, she clearly stands out for her positive attitude. When i ask her about what should we do we loose our job, she goes "you will not loose your job nor would go out of status, now what do u want me to prepare for dinner?". When ever i talk to her about some problems, its always a relief.

Simple with positive thinking and acceptance of the fact that we will keep ourself busy even if we are out of job will ease the pressure on our mind and will hopefully help us think better. There are many things in our life which we never got time for when the economy was good and everything around was rolling smoothly, now is the time to fulfill them, either it be that certification you wanted to take or that course in business studies which you wanted in your resume or it can be more personal like the long trip to India to visit your parents/friends or the pleasure trip to Europe for which you never could make time. At the end of the day the fact of life is that "losing your job is not loosing your life".