Proverbs 4:25-27   Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright.  Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil.

Words for the day: Stay on Course

Jesus knew what His purpose was. He disciplined Himself to stay on course, living His life to fulfill that purpose for which He came. As Christians, we need to follow in His steps and focus on our purpose. We were bought with a price to live our lives in such a way that we become the salt of the earth, the light of the world (see Matthew 5)

We are to lay down our selfish, self-centered life-styles, and gear our lives toward doing something  for the betterment of someone else. Then we will experience that “joy unspeakable, and full of glory” ( 1 Peter 1:8)

Take that and run with it!

(from Joyce Meyer~ Starting Your Day Right)

Have a great day!

Over the next three weeks, the museum will offer clues to the new archeological exhibit in gradual revelations.

Tuesday morning, the museum unveiled three crates to kick off the Treasures of the Earth exhibit, a partnership with the National Geographic Society.

It’s touted as a one-of-a-kind family learning experience based on real archeological sites. We won’t know what’s in the crates until March 16th.

“Inside these crates are artifacts that will reveal the three major international components of National Geographic’s Treasures of the Earth. Beginning next Tuesday, March 16th, we will open one crate every week, unlocking the mystery within,” said Jeffrey Patchen, Indianapolis Children’s Museum.

“Visitors to the exhibition will embark on an international journey. It’ll be an immersive environment and you’ll learn all about archeology and take an active role,” said Susan Norton, National Geographic Society.

Kids will be able to get their hands dirty – literally – as they take on that interactive role. But for now, they can only do so on the 16th, 23rd or 30th of March.

from msnbc.com

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The percentage of workers who said they have less than $10,000 in savings grew to 43% in 2010, from 39% in 2009, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s annual Retirement Confidence Survey. That excludes the value of primary homes and defined-benefit pension plans.

Workers who said they had less than $1,000 jumped to 27%, from 20% in 2009.

Confidence in ability to save enough for a comfortable retirement hovered at 16% of respondents, the second lowest point in the 20-year history of the survey.

“Americans’ attitudes toward retirement have clearly tracked the economy the last couple of years, and that seems to be the case in 2010,” said Jack VanDerhei, EBRI’s research director and co-author of the survey, in a statement.

The percentage of workers who said they have saved for retirement fell to 69%, from 75% in 2009.

While VanDerhei attributed the decline in current savings rates to job losses, mortgage problems and the suspension of corporate 401(k) matches in 2009, he said the economy isn’t entirely to blame.

“In previous years, there were a whole lot of people who had nothing to begin with,” said VanDerhei.

The gap between what Americans have saved and what they’d need for retirement is forcing workers to prolong their working years.

According to the survey, 24% of workers said they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year, up from 14% in 2008.

But even as fears over health care costs and job prospects mount, the survey found that only 46% of workers have tried to calculate what they need for a comfortable standard of living in their golden years.

“People just don’t want to think about this,” said VanDerhei. “Everybody thinks they’re too young to think about it, until suddenly they’re too old to do anything about it.”

In general, financial planners say that retirement savings, including Social Security benefits and pension, should be large enough to provide about 80% of pre-retirement income.

To reach that target, “most Americans need to be saving within the healthy range of 6% – 10% (of their salary),” said Beth McHugh, vice president of workplace investing for Fidelity Investments.

But the survey found that 54% of the workers with some form of savings said that they have less than $25,000 stowed away.

Delaying retirement, though not ideal, is a good sign that people are finally facing reality.

“People have figured out that they don’t have enough money,” VanDerhei said. “Still, I’d rather they bite the bullet today, rather than take the chance that they’d have a job when they are 65.”

from money.cnn.com

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