Pioneering Today
(Photo from: http://www.roguerivertrips.info) “ The return of good times is not wholly a matter of money. There is prosperity to living which is quite as important as prosperity of the pocketbook. It is not enough to be willing to make the best of things as they are. Resignation will get us nowhere. We must build what amounts to a new country. We must revive the ideals of the founders. We must learn the new values of money. It is time for pioneering – to create a new security for the house and the family…Where we were specialists in spending, we are now becoming specialists in living .” This editorial is from the Ladies Home Journal in October, but I'm not going to tell you what year just yet. I chose the above photo to go with today's thoughts because my husband is a fisherman. He absolutely loves the outdoors, the thrill of the chase, the idea of conquering. I come from rich pioneer stock. I'm often awed by my ancestry and the things these women suffered a...