The document discusses the economic recession and how it can negatively impact people's lives and plans. It introduces Mark, who recently completed his MBA and accepted a high-paying job as a corporate relationship executive. However, Mark receives disappointing news that his new position has been dissolved, just as his wife gives birth to their child at the hospital. Overcome with emotion, Mark cries for the first time in years upon learning this stressful news, as the recession threatens to ruin the happiness in his life.