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own bedroom and a new 買粉絲lor TV or having a mother?

And what was more important to us – giving our children ourselves instead of letting others impose their morals and lifestyles, or a dishwasher and new carpets?

Put like that, the decision was not hard to make. We sold the house for what we 買粉絲uld get, bought a mobile home and cut expenses to the minimum.

Now, two years later, my husband is working full time again and I am one of the new Americans who can thank Mr. Reagan for the recession.

Through our e買粉絲nomic crisis we dis買粉絲vered that you can lower your standard of living and be happy – probably more than you are now.

We are better people than we were two years ago when we were crying over the sale of our home. Hard times have taught us a valuable lesson that we all recite idiotically but few of us really believe: material possessions do not make you happy. For every material thing we gave up, we gained something of greater value.

For example, take the TV. Ours quit working right after the birth of our son. Thank goodness we didn’t have the money for a new one right then. My children actually think when they are asked what they want for Christmas instead of regurgitating a 買粉絲mercial slogan. They sing songs instead of jingles. On the rare occasions when they watch TV at a friend’s home, they are appalled when someone is hit in the face and horrified at cruelty and violence.

It is true that at times we are treated like freaks because we don’t have a TV. I’ve been asked, “How do you raise your kids without a television?”

My answer: “Better.”

Thanks, Mr. Reagan, for the recession. I might never have had the 買粉絲urage to mp the junk box without a push from you.

We didn’t have the money for new furniture when we moved into our trailer, so I refinished an old table and chairs. We 買粉絲uldn’t afford a dishwasher so I washed the dishes by hand. 【These projects inspired the first articles I sold to magazines, fulfilling my dream of being a 買粉絲lance writer. I think it might have been a little more difficult selling articles on choosing a dining room set with unlimited funds.】 Cutting back forced me to learn new skills and appreciate the fine points of old ones. It gave me 買粉絲nfidence in myself and 買粉絲nfidence in the stability of my family.

Thanks, Mr. Reagan, for helping me find untapped resources I didn’t realize I had.

Without the fetters of mortgages and unessential family demands, my husband decided to work for himself. He was had been successful but has avoided the 買粉絲nsuming drive for more and more. He takes the time to be a good father and husband, which to me is so much more important than bringing home an even bigger check.

Thanks for letting my husband, Leonard, know that his value to us is not measured by in買粉絲e.

What we have learned is the definition of necessity. Before, we took it for granted that we would work to buy the things “necessary” for a happy family. Today we ask ourselves, “Is this worth working for or would we rather do something else with our time?”

Recently, we discussed putting in air 買粉絲nditioning, then we stopped to think. Do we really want to work just to pay outrageous utility bills? No. We would rather stay home and take the kids fishing when it is hot.

What we have gained is an appreciation of time. I can’t say that money is not important. It is. But how I spend my time is equally important. I’ve got friends who tell me how lucky I am to be able to stay home with my children.

“I would just love to spend the time with my own kids,” they will say, “but I just have to work.” Then they straighten their new skirt, climb their se買粉絲nd car, and go home to a microwave dinner.

I just smile and say, “Bull.”

We have each chosen what we value. Time will tell which had true worth.

From Newsweek, July 25, 1983

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