Block 71

Money

You can't live with it

and you can't live without it.

I know,

"What do you mean,

Paula,

that you can't live 

with money?"

I don't mean
Donald Trump-like money . . .

What I mean is:

No matter

how much money

one has,

it seems like

it is never enough.

I have found out,

though,

in the beginning

of my teaching career

and now in retirement,

 I was,

and have become again,

more creative

with how I use my money.

I have to 

stop and think

just how important

something is to me . . . 

Do I REALLY need it?

I also have found that

I have become

more  creative,

again,

with my gifts.

I like that! 

I would rather

give a gift I made

than something 

I bought.

But I had gotten lazy.

Now,

on a limited budget

I have to be creative

again.

So,

yes,

money is important,

but it isn't

#1 on the list 

of needs.

More,

definitely,

money can make

life easier,

but that doesn't mean

that life is any better.

A good life,

is like beauty,

it is in the eye

of the beholder.

Dear Lord,

You know, Lord, I am not sure this blessing is really about money.  I think it is really about being able to be able to get things that one needs. It might be through payment with money. It could be payment through bartering a skill, a good or a service. 

I think this blessing is about always being able to obtain what I honestly need in whatever way, legally that is,  that I can . . . no matter the circumstances.

Amen.

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