The old expression, every cloud has a silver lining may be true but it sure is tough to unearth that lining sometimes. I’ve been thinking a lot about the price of gasoline. Not surprising since I just came back from Jersey (BTW gas prices are about 15-20 cents cheaper a gallon in the Garden State—don’t ask me why).
Anyway, if there is one piece of good news in this raid on our pocketbooks, it’s this: We may be forced to use the legs God gave us a bit more to get around. I remember a TV show a couple of months ago. It was called Fat City and was comprised mainly of interviews with folks living in Houston (that has the distinction of having the most overweight people in the entire country, hence the name Fat City). There was one guy who drove his Hummer down the driveway to get the mail. Most of us haven’t gone this far but we are guilty of smaller excesses—hopping in the car to visit a neighbor down the street, that type of thing.
Well, it’s time to dust off our traveling shoes and pump up the tires on your forgotten bicycle. Instead of just gnashing your teeth over the current $3 per gallon, get out and walk. Take a friend with you. Then you can have someone to commiserate with while you both get healthier. Added bonus: Exercise reduces stress—even the stress that the unmitigated greed of the oil companies has forced upon us.
