Some Good News and Reasons to be Thankful

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time"- Thomas Edison

The last few months have been quite exhausting both physically and mentally in my effort to save my company from bankruptcy after the severe economic crisis in Greece. The good news is that after many negotiations, the eurozone approved the loan for Greece and things are getting better. Naturally, there's still a lot of work ahead but most of the problems have eventually been resolved.

I can at last take a few days off work and enjoy Easter with my family-especially with my children that I have neglected a lot recently. I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart for their love, their support and their understanding. The time has come, at last, to smile again and hope for better tomorrows. The truth is that I have gained a lot out of this tough time. I have learned never to give up however black the future may look and I feel I have become stronger and wiser.Life, after all, is too short to spoil it with negativity and miserable thoughts.

Last but not least, I would like to thank my great friend and contributor to this blog, Anastasia, for giving me an encouraging hand when I needed it most and for her wonderful posts on My Blog.. True friends are always there and stick together through thick and thin.  And Anastasia is one of them.

The Economic Crisis in Greece and Problems at Work

I know it's been quite some time now I haven't been around much but to be honest, problems at work are responsible for my long absence in blogging. As you may know, the economy in Greece was going from bad to worse and resulted in a serious economic crisis. When the global financial crisis struck, Greece was badly prepared. Hosting the expensive Olympic Games  in 2004 and failing to rein in its spiralling public debt, Greece is now in financial trouble. Help seems to be on the way in the form of a eurozone bailout and hopefully this will save Greece from total economic disaster.

However, many businesses including mine are severely affected and are threatened with bankruptcy. Neither the new Prime Minister nor the European Union will save my business. Only me. And I haven't fired anyone yet under the excuse of redundancy. As the Captain , I need to work 20 hours a day in order to steer my ship off "reefs". I also need to travel a lot for that all over Europe, so there's hardly any time left for blogging and commenting right now. My friend  Anastasia and my contributor on this blog will be replacing me in the next few weeks to come. She has her own blogs - three or four, I think - and a very limited free time, yet she didn't hesitate to tell me : "I'll make time for My Blog".  And I want to thank her from the bottom of my heart.