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Strategies & Market Trends : Rande Is . . . HOME -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick Buskey who wrote (44364)	12/29/2000 10:11:15 AM
From: carepedeum2000	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

im somwhat more subdued today after yesterdays table pounding, jp morgans forecast of a hard landing does not to anything to help investor sentiment and will probably cap our upside potential today, im putting the yellow light back on, and if we break 2540 area on downside, im stopped out on my "traders" now for a little better perspective!! One day, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the >country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. > >They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be >considered a very poor family. > >On their return from the trip, the father asked his son, "How was the >trip?" > >"It was great, Dad." > >"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said >the son. > >"So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. > >The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have four. > We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a >creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they >have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they >have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they >have >fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they >serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls >around our property to protect us and they have friends to protect them." > >With this, the boy's father was speechless. > >Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are." > >Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't >have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. >It is all based on one's perspective.