Lehman brothers fell. The market is down. Real estate is down. Many people have lost their jobs. About the only thing that is up these days is sales of anti-depressants. Putting some perspective on the events that we are living through, this Shmuz focuses on some of cycles of life and what our attitude towards them should be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate