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Money.
That word conjures up images of so many emotions. Instantly I replay the theme song for The Apprentice "Money, money, money, money, money, money.....MONEY!" and then it stays in my head until I hear another tune to cause more madness.
Next I move along to the dreadful feeling of how it never seems like there is enough. I'm kinda putting myself out here as it's not something many people are willing to admit to-but I know you're out there!!!!!! Please say you can relate with me on this, don't leave me hang'n!
It appears to me, with my rose colored lenses and all, that everyone is 'coasting' quite nicely, snuggly in comfortable homes, wearing fairly new clothes, kids and pets all well fed and dressed . Most of us don't drive a Jalopy, we all have our teeth and we have access to pretty much all the basic medical needs.
There's a few folks who seem to have it, including a golf meeting with their banker
For most of us, our bases are covered by far, but it never seems to be enough.
A comfortable home isn't really much to brag about unless it has hardwood floors, a jacuzzi and finished basement. Our clothes aren't 'cool' unless they're 'juicy' and 'phat'. Our kids may not be accepted if they have second hand or slightly dated clothing and toys and we would be mortified to drive a vehicle older than 7-10 years old. I humbly put myself in this statement and certainly wouldn't hide the fact that I too wish for more and better. Play your tiny violin for me.
You gotta have money for alot of different things, I'm talking about just a drop in the bucket here.
What more and why I'm posting tonight, is the unsettling feeling I have in thinking our family is the only one who has to think about our finances. I get this unusual impression that everyone else is coasting and stuggly while my eyes are blistered from the sight of our bank account. Ok, chime in anytime now!
Hey, have you ever seen that Our Lady Peace video done a few years back, where the characters in the video had these little blips of text attached to them where ever they went? It makes me think...hypothetically speaking of course, if we were to all walk around with those bits of text attached to us everywhere we went, citing the exact numbers of how much we owe, or how much we have, financially speaking, would we look at each other differently?
Would we finally feel like maybe we're doing pretty good after all?
1 comment:
Good one, Jill
You know what? If we all had these little bubbles, I'm sure we'd all be shocked by how common our insecurities are. And, I'm sure that the money issue would be at the top of our lists. I always think that everybody feels the same way you describe, not just about money, but about basically everything in our lives. People very rarely talk about the things that they are actually thinking and feeling, for fear that nobody would ever understand, or that people would look at them differently somehow for expressing those feelings. So good for you for putting them out there. And I, for one would like to reassure you that you are definitely not alone!
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