Tuesday, February 11, 2003

This is prosperity: a full refridgerator. A full pantry. Enough, should I need to, to eat for at least a couple months. I hope I never lose site of the basics. Having food, shelter. What a luxury lost on us. I remember the end of my junior year of college, when I had no money left, and would show up at friends houses around meal times, hoping to get an invite for whatever was being served. But the point was, I had friends. I could have eaten out on credit cards. It was only two weeks or so before I went home. I could have, worse worse case, gone over the Claire's place to eat, but I didn't want her to know that I was spent. Literally. Or a worst, worst case, asked my parents for money. This is the security to move forward, knowing that I can eat. Pay my mortgage. Pay my utilities. Which is beyond basic, but still. The lions are kept at bay. The cold abated. These are all good things. For which I am grateful. 1:22:44 AM