Like it or not Americans live today in a global economy.  Moreover, if we communicate with those who live among us and execute business overseas we must use a global language. 

Today’s leadership is in an untenable position in that we have cultures from every corner of the world living in our society and attending our schools.  While many of these children cannot speak English, in most cases they rapidly learn to compete in our country.  Yet, few students in our society can visualize the need to be conversant in more than one foreign language.  Most of us, in fact, cannot speak English correctly.

Think of this problem from the American perspective.  Our schools, in increasing numbers, are being depleted by not teaching our students those subjects, including other languages, they should be aware of.  Perhaps for many reasons, one among which, is the unattractiveness of our teachers pay scale to entice those with the ability to educate students to compete in a global language society.  Young adults must be lead in ways to bring non-white, non-Anglo and non-male employees into the circles of prosperity and leadership.

People from other nations and cultures are blending into the American fabric.  This in addition to the necessity of our broad based society should initiate each of us to embrace the global market.

Regardless of your opinion of additional languages and foreign trade to remain afloat, communications is an international language in today’s society.  It is up to each of us to pursue our dreams just don’t allow them to be too narrow.

Our ancestors settling the west were frightened by every  crook and turn. Through perseverance they were able to find the “promised land” for us.  If we don’t seize the opportunity to enlarge ourselves tomorrow brings us the down fall that could be no one’s fault but ours.

Today’s world, in many respects, mirrors the Great Depression.  Items like bank and business failures, rising transportation costs, the increasing homeless population and its affect upon the family unity in many and varied ways.  The value of family is fading fast as everyone watches.

What must it have been like living through the Gread Depression?  Could the world as we know it today become the same or worse?

One familiar story, as recounted in the book Bath Pond is set in April 1933.  It is a wedding.  The setting is a small one-room country church that sat atop a sandy knoll nestled comfortably within a group of scrub oaks.

Though home-made the bride, an orphan, is wearing the first new dress she ever owned.  The groom wears a faded suit.  The couple started with nothing but $15.33 and friends galore.  Friends were their greatest asset second only to the love the young couple shared.

Thos attending were clean cut with old worn clothing.  They came by wagon, horseback and afoot.  Their dogs followed scrapping with each other finally cooling themselves under the church.

From this meager beginning the young couple began their lives with a few gifts and a will to work out a living.  An old couple, whose tenant house they rented, helped them along.  The bottom line is they became extremely wealthy and gave it all away to those less fortunate in the end.

Charles H. Bronson, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture stated, “Florida’s first settlers were rugged, adventurous souls, men and women willing to claw a meager living from marginal land largely uninhabited, save the Seminoles.  Without question, those who paid the price with sweat toil and determination would look with envy to what has been transformed on the foundation they established.”

But the paramount question, would today’s population be willing to pay the same price as early settlers?  You answer the question.  From my vantage point of age, I say no.  Early settlers were willing to work first for an asset.  Today the average Americans want unnecessary items now!

Is buy now, pay later the problem?