Today's Priorities Can Lead To Tomorrow's Happy Ending

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That grandmother of mine…

Passed away…not long after her nursing home stay…that mother of mine…died a year and a half later…diagnosed with liver cancer on a Tuesday…died unexpectedly from respiratory failure…on Thursday…the last three things…said to that daughter of hers…I shouldn’t have bought the treadmill…I’m sorry I won’t get to see your girls grow up…I’m not going to get…my inheritance…

Rung a bell…there it was again…money…sure…it had been tight when we were little…but she had a good job…had family support…she’d traveled…Hawaii…the Rose Bowl…had new cars…her own house…at the end…had no more or no less…than this old gal does now…could easily live a simple yet fulfilling life…

But why…was it not enough…why were we…not enough…

And so it is in life…it’s easy to lose our way…priorities get muddled…keeping up with the Joneses…be better than…the Joneses…becomes the goal…the obsession…but one never knows…what those Joneses sacrificed…to get where they are…we all know…money can’t buy happiness…and when the time comes…we all know…you can’t take it with you…
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And that mother of mine…would agree…