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April 15th, 2010 at 12:51 am

Found some money while I was trekking to my brokerage firm to make a Roth IRA deposit. Fourteen feet away from the money I found was a man standing against a wall, facing the street, with his hat turned up in his hand. Guess what he wanted, but didn't feel like bending over to pick up?

Haiku for Joan.of.the.Arch:
A man stands begging
Meanwhile fourteen feet away
Money lies waiting

Did what feels like miles of walking but was probably just 1.5 miles with filled grocery bags, being all Florence Nightingale or Chicken Soup Brigadier to the sick and indigent in my community. Then I came home to beautiful notes from my second cousin and his mom thanking us for sharing a beautiful time with them Sat. night (yeah, we ate with Ludacris -- no joke) and for the gifts. I feel so appreciated my heart is glowing. I just feel it is sad that the appreciation comes only from people who are MENSA-level and higher, which means I'm missing out on 49 times more appreciation. However, the lonely, sick, hurting, bereaved are comforted, and in my spirituality/religious realm that counts for something. I still wouldn't mind Karma giving me a nice $65K+ yearlong contract.
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D'OH! Remember my last post about patience, and my friend? She's told me about my state's Prescription Drug Plan Program so I can apply for a Discount Card for reduced-price meds!

3 Responses to “Irony”

  1. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    I think the panhandler and money on the ground calls for haiku, or, I dunno, some kind of poetry....I don't even know what to ask of Karma these days. Sometimes I feel as if I have had inexplicably more than my share of good fortune. Other times I feel as if I'm way overdue some good return. I don't really believe in Karma, just wish it were so....Oh, I just decided the panhandler and the nearby money was some silly sociology student's senior research project.

  2. gamecock43 Says:
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    I dont get the Ludacris comment...do you mean the rapper? U had lunch with the rapper Ludacris?...And if you did- I want a whole posting about that lunch!

  3. PauletteGoddard Says:
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    @gamecock43: I do mean the rapper, yes: we saw Ludacris at the restaurant where we dined on Saturday. He had a ladyfriend and his bodyguard: his bodyguard ended up in our group birthday photo. As I am old and do not listen to popular music unless it was recorded on wax cylinders or 78rpm shellac, the fourteen-year-old at our table let us know that celebrity was in our midst. My more au courant peers tell me that Ludacris is big and that my news was interesting.

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