I have written about some things that have been happening around West Volusia, none of them really good; people being laid off, businesses closing, tough times. However, even though we are all “hanging in there”, many are doing more than that.
Driving around town that last few days I have seen a flurry of activity and some finished work that is heartening to say the least. Granted, its Bike Week, and much of what I saw can be attributed to that, but much of the work I saw will be lasting, at least I hope so. I saw new businesses and newly built buildings, new road work out at the DeLand Airport, folks pressing on regardless.
I realized that’s the point, pressing on regardless. Yes, we have problems here, BIG problems. Yet, we are not all going to crawl up into a fetal position and weep. People are getting financing and building things and starting new ventures, taking risks. This, because for most of us, and I think this is a particular American trait, we believe in the possibilities that exist in a free and democratic society. It also helps that we aren’t in New York City or Washington D. C. where the demons of woe and despair have taken roost. We have those demons here as well, we just shoot them before they make a nest around here, managed hunting if you will.
So lesson learned. We don’t ignore our problems ( I will continue to discuss them forcefully) and we deal with them. Quite often the best way to deal with hopelessness is to hope more, risk more, do more, create more possibility now. I see many of us doing just that.
Tags: business, construction, demons, financing, risk