Things Given, Things Received

 

There is a ledger somewhere,

an accounting of things given

and things received.

There is a balance to achieve.

Sometimes a deficit, once in

awhile a credit to your account.

Mostly, you pay little heed to

your personal balance sheet,

that is until you find yourself

deficient and in the red.

Notices arrive, your payment

is late, overdue. They threaten

you, service will be shut off

should remittance not be made

on or before…

Old friends are much the same.

They don’t call or come to your

door anymore. You haven’t kept

in touch. There’s got to be some

give and take in every worthwhile

relationship.

You may be in need of a good

CPA or Life Coach to keep your

records straight and up-to-date.

I remember my anniversary one

year. Bought the wife a beautiful

bouquet of roses. She told me

I should have spent that money

on more practical things.

It was then I realized, she and I

were operating on different ac-

counting systems. She and I, we

never really did see eye-to-eye.

Seemed with her, I never could

get out of the red.

I have since come to realize that

even on my best days, I never was

very good at math. I believe I have

an inner-ear problem too which

from time to time tends to affect

my balance.

Besides, I never was good with more

than one friend at a time anyway.

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Chris Hanch 9-1-2020