In Between Fear And Courage
I think someone is trying to kill me. I don’t have any mortal enemies that I can think of. My bank account is not exorbitant. And there aren’t any serial killers running around Augusta that I know of either. But I think someone is after me.
After all, how else can I explain the type of mail that I’ve been receiving the past few weeks? I just purchased my first house a couple of months ago. In doing so I also had to purchase homeowner’s insurance for the first time. Nearly every day since I’ve moved in I’ve received mail from the insurance company telling me how vital it is that I also purchase life insurance from them. “How will your family be protected when you’re gone,” the letters ask. “Who will pay for your house if you’re not around to cover the bills?”
Do these guys know something that I don’t? (more…)
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What would you buy if you had a million dollars? Let me make that question a little more specific: if you had a million dollars and you could supply yourself with an unlimited surplus of one thing, what would it be? I think the girl in these videos might purchase an unlimited supply of pants. Because one pant is not enough!
This might sound weird, but I would have a hard time deciding whether I would want an unlimited supply of pens, chapstick, or socks. I use pens all day, whether it’s writing up lessons or jotting down ideas or making to-do lists, and I am forever losing pens as well. I take a pen from one room to another and misplace it, I leave it in my shorts and wash it, I let someone borrow it, etc. Whenever I need a pen I am often at a loss to find one. If I could have an abundant supply of pens it would be a dream come true.
I also have a hard time keeping up with chapstick. I have a mild obsession with chapstick (especially the Burt’s Bees brand) and I like to have a stick on me at all times. However, I’m lucky if I make it halfway through a stick without losing it. Again, it will either fall out of my pants (or pant), it will get washed, or I’ll misplace it on a table or shelf. If I could just have a never-ending supply of chapstick and I never had to go to Wal Mart again to get that fix, it would give me some peace.
And, this may be one of my strangest quirks, but there are few greater feelings in the world than putting on a fresh pair of socks for the very first time. They are softer, warmer, and more comfortable than they will ever be again. Once you wash a pair of socks, they are never the same as they were the first time you wore them. If I had a million dollars, I think I would buy enough socks so that I could wear a brand new pair ever single day.
Perhaps I am exaggerating a bit in making my point (and perhaps not), but there is at least one area in our lives in which we want more than what we have. We all want an abundance of something, whether it be something physical like video games or DVDs or something we can’t actually put a finger on like athletic ability or time. We are jealous of people who seem to have more than we do. (more…)
