Hard Times Call for Funny T-Shirts

With the economy the way it is, people are really worried. People are going broke and losing work right and left. Everybody is cutting back on spending. People are traveling less. "It's going to be a very light Christmas this year," they are saying.

The economy is slumping, and the "official" word now is recession.

So now what? Everybody is bummed out. People are getting depressed, downtrodden, sad; they are getting their legs taken out from under them. It's not pretty.

But it's not the end of the world, either. There is a reason the Great Depression was named what it was. It was...depressing.

This time around, it's different. The solutions we have to create are a direct result of the problems we already knew about, but let get out of hand.

A great line from a great movie is, "...so we backtracked a tad, it's not gonna do us any good to sit here and whine about it!"

The world is not ending, and just because the economy is slowing down does not mean business is going to halt. In fact, if anybody is going to get this economy back up and running again and make a little money, it might as well be the people who can put a smile on your face. We need to brighten the mood a little bit. It's surprising how much that helps.

If the atmosphere remains as dreary as it is currently, we as a nation and a world are only going to spiral further into depression. Maybe the telling of a joke, a kind smile and a look into someone's eyes, or the small purchase of a new T-shirt can help spread the love around a little more and help people to appreciate what they still have.

The world's in a bad place right now, it's true. But it's nothing we have not faced before, and we can get through it, if we just keep our heads up.