Everyday And Everything

By: Saint Twenty
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I pull three tarot cards from the deck: the devil, justice reversed and the three of cups. Past. Present. Future. Instantly, I knew what the reading meant. Even faster, I remembered when none of this made sense to me. Stunned, I stare down at the ornate cards and realize everyday is a revelation of how far I’ve come.

Things I couldn’t do a year ago were easy for me now. When I couldn’t do crow’s pose. When I couldn’t do a forward fold, because my back was too stiff. When I was less fluent in french.

Tackle smaller parts each day, baby steps add up. Before you know it, in the blink of an eye, everything’s changed. The goals you set for yourself have been achieved, mutating into more complex creatures.

Name three things you can do now, but couldn’t do a year ago. What’s your next objective?

Everyday is not the same, recognize how much more you’ve grown from the day before, and the day before that. Congratulations.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me

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“Which is more important, time or money?”

Stuffing our faces with a breakfast of fried chicken, eggs and some unidentifiable red gunk, Lee confided in me. Her new boo was co-owner of a sustainable cooperative farm, which she’d gained a newfound interest in. But being a Park Avenue bartender sponsored a very cushy lifestyle, coupled with a 401k, a seemingly unreal healthcare package and paid vacation (allotted time off increasing yearly). To leave would dent her finances significantly.

“Time,” I answer.

“You can always make money, but you can never get your time back.“

“Wow, that was deep. How is it that you say the wisest shit, but you’re so ratchet?” Now that, I didn’t have an answer for. Someone once told me I’d been here before. This wasn’t my first life. Agreed. Even in high school people were annoyed I could see past tomorrow; dismissing their current melodrama as infinitesimal. Ahead of the curve, the bigger picture was always in view.

Later that week she gave notice, absconing a seven year stint. When she came to visit happiness beamed from her, like rays of sunlight it was blinding. She found her purpose.

Now I am asking you where do you place the most value, time or money? How much merriment does it bring you?

Don’t let them fool you. Money comes and goes.

Time just goes.

How you utilize it is important. It correlates directly with your happiness, the only currencies that truly matter.