some selfish gratitude, but important.

Today I am thankful that I relinquished 15 unnecessary dollars and actually didn't care. It was freeing, you know, not to feel like money dictated my sentiments. The person who received it didn't really "earn" it, and for a while, I thought about taking it back, but then I realized soon after that it's just $15. And I'm in a situation presently where $15 doesn't mean as much as it used to. I just hope he puts it to good use. I think he took his girlfriend to the Glider Diner, and that's fair enough to me. At least it wasn't Burger King or some other impersonal place.