It Strikes Me Funny: Are we like the grasshopper or the ant?

[ “One summer day a grasshopper was singing and chirping and hopping about.  He was having a wonderful time.  He saw an ant who was busy gathering and storing grain for the winter...” The Ant and the Grasshopper, an Aesop Fable retold by Rose Owens]

Big, tough questions have been on my mind lately. I see big, tough times coming in the next 10, 20, 30 years (the rest of my life, I guess) and beyond, and many North Americans easily squander now what will be precious in the future.


One example: Though fuel prices are near record highs, road trips are at the top of many holiday lists. Staycations are at the bottom.

Big, tough questions: Are we more like the grasshopper or the ant?

And, who survived the winter?

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