| Recently, it seems that more and more | | | | we need to be looking? |
| Americans are climbing higher and higher into debt, | | | | Could meditation help people solve their debt |
| especially after last summer's subprime fallout. | | | | problems? |
| According to the AP, the value of credit cards 30 | | | | One of the most difficult problems people face is |
| days late was $17.3 billion in October 2007, a 26 | | | | breaking out of the little box we put ourselves in, |
| percent jump from what it had been earlier in the | | | | filled up with worries about work, family, and |
| year. | | | | money, amongst many others. What do we do |
| Debt has a way of mounting, and those caught in | | | | about these worries? We look outside for help. |
| it start to feel like they have no way out. It can | | | | We look to financial planners when money |
| be almost like drowning to some. We're told to | | | | becomes unmanageable. We look to Prozac or |
| invest wisely, or consolidate our debt, or seek | | | | organizational seminars when work becomes |
| other outside help in order to get our financial | | | | unmanageable. That seems to be the Western |
| affairs in order. But what if that's the wrong | | | | way. |
| approach? What if it's not outside, but inside that | | | | |