1/29: money in the bank

I often suspect that the people who downplay the goodness of money (and who utter platitudes about money not being important) have never been poor themselves. It may be unfair of me to make such a blanket statement, but I am often consciously grateful about having enough money to be comfortable--especially in the current global economic situation. Today I was reminded about the good fortune (in more than one sense of the word!) that money is: Chris was in an accident with his truck; neither he nor the other driver is hurt; the only damage is to the two vehicles. Sure, we'd rather spend our money on something other than repairs, but it's a solid pleasure to know that we don't have to fret about having enough money for the repairs or any other incidental costs that may be involved.