Pumps' Perplexities

This little bag of round glass objects was a 'life lesson' when
growing up.....You saved your money to buy the marbles
and you went forth into the world.....As a child you learned
how to gamble with them amongst other marble game
players......You 'swapped' or bartered with them....You saw
them accumulate and you saw them dissipate.....You were
joyful at your gains and sorrowful at your losses.....

Every decision you made with the bag of marbles, in your
hand, you made on your own.....No group consultations.....
No adult guidance.....No cell phone call for a decision......
You won some, you lost some and you learned how to think.....

Today the world is full of people who play in the stock market......
They buy, sell and trade......They win and lose....And on any
'stock message board' on the internet you will find the
complaints of unfairness because a stock did not perform as
expected.....Why do I think that these people never learned
how to play with their marbles, when they were younger....
Pumps