We recently had to have a good amount of work done on my minivan. Don't ask me what, because I couldn't tell you if I tried. All I know is that the steering wheel is no longer shaky and it doesn't want to drift off the road anymore. It took the repair shop a few days to determine the problem, order the parts and then replace them. While it was there for three days, I was driving a rental car. I told Tim upfront that I just wanted some sort of four door car that had three seatbelts in the back. Just enough to haul my kids around. As much fun as it sounded, I really didn't want to rent anything really cool because I was afraid that it would make me hate my minivan more than I already do-- I wouldn't want to go back.
So we get to the rental place and guess what? They don't have the kind of car I need available, so can they please substitute a Dodge Nitro. Really? I thought God was toying with me. Testing me, maybe. So we get the Nitro. You know what? I didn't like it. The seats were uncomfortable, it was cramped, and there were too many blind spots. As I was driving that thing around I thought about what were are doing. We are sacrificing now so that in the long term, we can leave a lasting legacy for our children. Not only that, but we are living like no one else now, so later we can LIVE like no one else. (Did you catch that, my fellow Dave Ramsey fans?)
It feels really good to set a goal and then actually take steps towards accomplishing it. It's not easy. If it were easy, everyone would do it. It takes strength, determination, sacrifice and persistence. We are so close to checking this goal off the list, I can taste it.
Don't get me wrong. I have found myself more than once cruising the lot at the local Ford dealership, having no idea how I came to be sitting in front of the large SUVs. I told Tim the other day, "I check out large black SUVs like some women check out men." So if I'm out driving and my head suddenly turns to look at the car passing me, believe me, I have no idea who is driving the thing, all I could tell you is make, model and options.
Always Fabulous,
