Friday, June 11, 2010

We Plan, and God Laughs

I had one of those moments today where I looked up at the sky, nodded, and chuckled at the way things worked out. This usually happens when I am able to connect the dots between what I have done, and what is currently happening , or being done to me. A glimmer of understanding. Karma, basically.
Long story short, I gave a loan a week ago. Yesterday, I got a raise. Today when I was figuring out my projected savings for the year, I realized that the extra money I will be able to save from getting a raise is the EXACT amount I loaned. How crazy is that?! Within a week? The funny thing is that every time, and I mean EVERY time I donate money to causes, or whatever...I never seem to take a loss on that. I always get it back. It's kind of creepy, but in a good way. Truthfully, it probably just goes to show how unimportant money really is, and I'd like to think that whoever is keeping things in balance takes pleasure in surprising me this way. Too many of us, myself included, have anxiety over the money we have or don't have, how much we will or won't have, how much we save & how much we spend...who would have thought that giving it away would be the cure? But...........on second thought, it makes sense, because money really has nothing to do with being rich.