Every Monday morning, before I head to work, I travel to
Wegmans to pick up snack for the Carpe Diem Academy students. Josh, the front
end manager, has the snack ready to go and will load up my car. He looked a
little puzzled today....he said, "You have a different car, again."
.....I laughed and replied....well it is a $1.5 million dollar grant...kidding
aside...I though for a moment and realized I had a different car each time I
picked up snack....my old car.......my bosses car......my new car....and now
the loaner car I am driving until they fix my leaky car roof.....
....on the drive to work, I thought what it would be like to have 4 cars
or more.....but I didn't think for too long.....I am a pretty simple person and
decided one car is enough for me!
Shortly after I arrived at my office, I had a visitor...a
student asked if I had a pen that he could have....I think I gave him a strange
look and replied, "To have?" ....he laughed....now I had a pen on my
desk...but it was my favorite pen....a BIC 537R to be exact! Without much thought, I opened up my desk
drawer and handed him a regular BIC ball
point pen.....after he left, I got to thinking....
Why didn't I give him my favorite pen? Why am I so deserving
to keep the nicer pen....Now....a pen is a pen.....but looking deeper into
it.....Why have I been so deserving to be raised by two devoted
parents.....picked on by 4 loving brothers....went to school with clean
clothes, a healthy lunch packed in my book bag....came home to a warm house, a
hot dinner, and a bed to sleep in. Why have I been so deserving to go to
college, work at a job I love?
.....I have been blessed....and now it is time to give
back.....
Carpe Diem!
-Amy
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