The older we get, the more we seem to be able to simplify life’s complexities. As those of you who follow our blog know, we think much of life is wrapped up in the Golden Rule. Recently, we have mused over the profound story of the tortoise and the hare. Now, we would like to give another profound and simple lesson its due.

Whether you are old enough to appreciate Pete Seeger or the Byrds, you are no doubt exposed to their classic, Turn!Turn!Turn! Taken from Ecclesiastes 3:

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: ….a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”

We still have a lot of “financial experts” explaining that the time to own a basket of stocks is now, in the future, and always. If they could only embrace the simple message of Ecclesiastes 3, they would begin to understand the folly of their advice