Every day it seems the news gets worse and worse. More bad reports on the economy, more companies laying off hard-working Americans, and more people losing their homes to foreclosure and bankruptcy. President Obama and Congress are trying everything at their disposal to promote economic recovery through TARP, TARP II and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1) but they simply can't do it alone.

Perception is Reality

Somewhere along the way we've lost faith in our economy, and we're seeing the affects of it now. Our economy, and indeed our entire way of life, depends upon the belief that if you work hard you can achieve anything! Once fear, uncertainty and doubt set in it takes a major effort to overcome them. Our optimism and resilience is worn down when we hear our friends, family and co-workers talk about how bad things are. And you can hardly watch the news or read the daily paper without another doomsday story about the economy. After all, the media preys upon our fear to get you to tune in and buy more papers.

The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself

ThinkRecovery.org was formed to help get us out of the mess we're in through the immense power of positive thinking. Franklin D. Roosevelt so eloquently stated how simple the solution actually is in his inaugural speech during the Great Depression. We need to believe in our country and ourselves again. We need the emotional strength to dispel these negative influences and remain steadfast in our conviction that we can make things better!

In short, we need to spend and invest again...this time with greater sense of personal responsibility and prudence from the lessons we've learned.

If we perceive fear as bad...
and believe everything is good...
it will be!