There are many challenges in life, but if we have jobs to support our families, we have a much better possibility of dealing with the rest of life's problems.
So it is good news that in a time of economic crisis Chattanooga has been leading the rest of Tennessee's major cities in job growth.
A big part of that good news involves our local Volkswagen plant, but there have been other local employment opportunities, too.
We should appreciate our good fortune and work productively to justify the investments that created those employment opportunities.