Who holds your future?

When I am came work this morning before starting I read news that Washington Mutual bank failed like many other banks in USA. I have my account in WaMu. I think my monies are safe but those who had more than $100,000 their money in that bank might have lost significant part of it. This was the first time in this economy crisis I and my family were touched directly. But apart from this I’ve know many who were severely affected by other economy crisis around the world.
First time when I went to South Korea in June 1996 the Korean won was very strong compare to dollar, 700 Won (Equal to 70 Cents) was 1$. When I went back in 1998, just prior to my going back there was such a huge drop of market and economy, which affected many Asians countries, but Korea was in the center of it. So just in few month when I went back now $1 was equal to 1400 Won, and in years to come it settled around 1100 Won. I know a guy from church Mr. Park (Most of the people are Park, Lee and Kim in Korea) very helpful to International students like me. He gave me place to stay in his office in downtown Seoul. Me and other friends have seen him working very joyfully during night selling organic juice making good money that he even helped so many other international students. After these crises he lost his place in the night market. There was no more business and the last time I saw him, because he needed money and I was the one who helped him little bit.
Few years ago India Today magazine ran an article around the palaces in India. It was mostly about what happened to some of the kings who used to be King and used to own their Kingdom in new India only few kings could survive. There was a picture of an old man, looking very poor and had no possession sleeping right in front of the old totally neglected palaces and the caption read…. King of the castle. He used to be the king once upon but now he just a door kipper.
So the question one must ask as individual, family, nation and world. Who holds our future? Is it some economy? Some status? Health? These all will come and go. Yesterday’s king is today’s gatekeeper. Yesterday’s dalit (outcast in India) is today’s minister! In this changing times who holds your future? Can you cling on to someone or something when all hell seems to break right upon our head?
Rajiv Pathik (http://ccm-int.com)