kaye has wanted me to write an entry for some time, but due to personal reason I have held off until now. kaye and I are at a point in our relationship where the gloves have finally come off. Each day we are faced with issues and situations that will either make or break us as a couple– as team– and it is in these moments when we need to feel secure in the guarantee of our love in order to persevere.
One such issue is how money controls our lives.
It is no lie: money is the root of all evil and it will destroy everything if you let it. But I’m not willing to let it. With kaye and I living 2 hrs apart from each other, money unfortunately dictates everything in our lives right now. It controls how often we see each other, how many extracurricular activities we can participate in and by doing so, money can easily drive a wedge between us, if we let it. It can make us bitter when we can’t see each other, resentful when we desperately need a night out with friends and harsh when our best laid plans are put to rest due to financial restrictions.
All my life, with all the control money holds, I have always refuses to let it rule me. I have always refuses to let myself be burdened over something so, really, inconsequential to the grand scheme of life. I will be the first to admit, a book-keeper I am not. God blessed me as a word-smith, not as an accountant. There have been times when due to my lack of financial responsibility, I have suffered without things for which I have pined. But in reality, most of the time the things I’ve found myself pining for are fleeting and immaterial at best. Only now, for the first time in my life, has money held a grasp on me that I can not shake. Money controls my happiness… ergo: in the end, I must submit.
It pains me to know something so trivial can cause so much suffering. I see it on the faces of people every day. Recession woes and worries have panicked our nation and shook the very foundation of our faith in ourselves. I had hoped kaye and I could supersede those troubles. That such strife would leave us untouched. But evil can find even the smallest fissure and spread it into the deepest crevasse. So, in order to keep what little peace I have in my world. To stave off the pain of losing the single most important thing in my entire existence, I will submit. I will bow to the will of the all mighty dollar if only to appease his worry. I learned long ago that the strongest trees in the woods are not the ones that fight the wind, but instead are the ones who learn to bend in it.
Consider my boughs bent.
(Note to kaye: 500 words, in less than 30 mins. Might not be a record, but it should at least serve as a point.)