I bought myself a new tea mug as a reward for not having caffeine for the 40 days of lent (no I'm not a practicing Catholic, but some rituals just stick!). After making the trip to Starbucks to pick up the mug I had been eyeballing, I did the dishes and low and behold there was a chip in the bottom of the mug. I was really bummed! My first reaction was to return it, but I really didn't feel like going through the process. I've got a pretty good habit of turning a disappointing situation into some kind of life lesson and I remembered this quote I read somewhere from some guy..."The teacup is already chipped." It just so happened to fit literally into my situation, but I was pretty enlightened when I had first read the quote. It's pretty much an entire theory: everything is temporary. Simple, but powerful. The new smell from our cars will eventually diminish, our favorite black shirt will fade, or you may fall out of touch with an important person in your life. It reminds me of when I bought my Jeep. I had had it for about a week and half when I backed it into a cement pole. (I cried on the way home.) Or when I got my new snowboard this winter. It was so beautiful and the bottom was so smooth, I didn't even want to take it out on the icy, rocky hills of Bear Mountain. But I did, and it rides even more beautifully than it looks. Unfortunately the bottom is no longer smooth, but that's why we have wax! I'm glad I now have a constant reminder of this quote, it helps to have one in our materialistic world.**How's this for ironic: I wrote this blog while I was at work(it was slow) and when I went to grab my sweater on the way out, it was gone! This happened to be my one and only favorite zip up hoodie and it was nowhere to be found. How weird is that?
