Dear Reader:

I don’t know about where you live, but here in Illinois we just had one of those early-spring weekends that makes you smile, no matter the circumstances.

There’s just nothing like a fresh spring breeze after a long, frosty winter to clear your head.

Forget the bailouts, forget your 401k has downsized to a 201k, and forget that our middle-aged sun is working on its 5 billionth birthday (in another 5 billion we’ll have something serious to worry about).

Seem impossible? Try harder. There ain’t a thing you can do on your own to solve those problems anyway.

Swear off CNN and spin up some Miles Davis instead. Quit reading USA Today and dust off a good book (Atlas Shrugged might be a timely read). Get off your treadmill and get outside and live a little.

Burying my head in the sand?

Nope - just a matter of focus.

In my little world there are perhaps a few hundred lives out there that I can directly impact. And some thousands more that I touch indirectly. That’s where spend my energy. I’m not gonna save GM, not going to fix Wall Street and I’m not going to reform Lindsay Lohan, so I’m not going to spend my time worrying about them.

What have I been spending my time on?

by anonymous