E. Danyell Wallet

You Get What you Pay For By E. Danyell Wallet Haven't you ever heard someone say that after your 99 cent Store flashlight stopped working with one use? Tell me something: Did you agree or did you get angry? I mean, were you really expecting to have a quality tool that would last you for years to come? Were you planning to pass it down to your children and your grandchildren as a family heirloom? Were you going to ensure it for 100 dollars? How about 50 dollars? The answer is NO. You knew it was going to break, Magoo, you just didn't expect it to be before you got a full use out of it. This is where we stand, dear reader. Is it an impasse, or is it a quiet resignation to the low quality, always attainable, no surprise--but "surprise, it broke"-- life style? I mean let's get real. Don't we all love a deal? I would stand outside for an hour for a free box of pizza (and have). It's in our nature to want to get the most without putting in the most effort. For example, my coffee machine has an option for one cup of coffee, or two cups of coffee. I opted for one coffee pad to "stretch" the supply and "make it last" a bit longer. I could have made two cups of coffee. It's what I wanted. BUT, I didn't. I did NOT put two pads in my machine as it worked its magic. Nor did I see an overabundance of sentelating, caffeinating, intoxicating--wooh, I'm salivating!--brown ambrosia dance down like a well orchestrated ballet into my big coffee mug of hopes and dreams. HA! My expectations were high, but I accepted less. Wait a minute, the coffee was still good, even great. It warmed me up with the few sips that I received from the machine, but I wanted ​more. ​It wasn't about greed, it was about knowing exactly how much coffee it takes to get me from lioness to kitten. ​Roarrrrr!! ​Again, because I was willing to "spend" less or devote less to the overall outcome, I lost in the end. Where are you going with this, you Mad Hatter, you? Well here it is: Living your life without quality, will leave you broke, busted and disgusted. Why do I say that? Didn't I save a coffee pad for another day, therefore, saving myself money in the long run? Nope, because I wound up making a pot of tea after that. Are the ends still not coming together for you? Well, let me bring it home. The more time and energy that we spend avoiding the inevitable like life, the more life we waste doing the inevitably worthless. You Get What you Pay For By E. Danyell Wallet Putting an extra coffee pad in the pot and having my cup full would have not only satiated my desire for that precious liquid gold, but it would have also mentally subdued the urge to make the tea. If I wanted the tea, I would have had it instead of the coffee, but instead I made both. What's the big deal? Why are you going on and on like a nag about this? Okay. Two pads for the coffee machine would have meant not turning on another appliance to heat up water (increased electricity), my not creating another dish to drink out of (waste of dish soap), and most of all, not being interrupted in thought to do so. Do you know what kind of GOLD you could be getting had I had a ​FULL​ cup of coffee? Many of us put our life on auto-pilot and don't plan, don't live, don't drink a full cup of coffee and what we put out to the world is a mediocre version of an extreme sports fanatic in a knitting class. Definitely something to leave the world on edge. So, have your FULL cup of coffee (this should not be followed AGAINST medical advice) and live with intentions. Don't sacrifice the quality of your life for a "few cents more saved." Get out there and live your life! You're worth every dime!