Money

I have learned a lot about life in my short 22 years on this earth.  It truly is a wonderful life that I am living despite obstacles that have come my way.  One of the many things that I am constantly learning to be true is that money is just that...it's money.  Money will always come and go.  Especially working as a waitress, there will be times when the money is great and there will be times when the money flow is just a trickle.

And no matter what there is some unwritten law somewhere that says "Hey, look! They are struggling for money, let's give 'em a flat tire or a hospital bill or an unexpected plane trip home!" Everyone can relate to that I'm sure!  

This learning process was even further solidified in my mind today when I had to take my car into the dealership.  The "service is due" light has been on for about 800 miles and it was frustrating me because service wasn't supposed to be due for another 4,000 miles!  But, when I took it in they told me that my 75,000 mile tune up could be done now just to get it taken care of and to have piece of mind.  That sounds great until the cost was shown to me... I did not wake up today thinking I was going to spend $1,000 dollars on my car.  When they told me that number I must admit that my heart had a mini panic attack!  BUT...and here is the greatest BUT I have learned this year....money is only money.  If I chose to wait for the tune up, I would have had to do it in 4,000 miles anyway.  And who knows what money will be like then?!

My husband and I are extremely blessed when it comes to money.  I will never say that we are poor.  I have seen truly poor people and I will never dare to compare my struggles to theirs.  But there are times when I have no idea where the money went.  And it used to stress me out to an extreme.  If I could I would hoard all my money!  And that is a problem.

I am learning to find a happy medium.  I want to experience life with these blessings we have been given.  But I also want to have the finances to take care of my loved ones if need be.

Money comes and goes...but the time I have with family and friends is just right now.  Tomorrow is not promised to me.

This is definitely a wonderful thing to learn.  Plus, I got a fancy loaner car out of it.  :P