just like monopoly

when i was a kid, my sisters and i had two epic monopoly battles...we would set up the board and go at it...hours upon hours for days at an end. after i beat both my sisters the first time, my older sister challenged me to a rematch. again, hours upon hours for days upon days. i won the second time as well. thus ended our epic monopoly battles. to this day, 30 years later, i can't bring myself to play that game again. at any rate, the point of all this is that i tend to live my life the way i played monopoly...after spending nearly every cent i had on investments, i waited and waited until finally the money started rolling in. now, i don't mean to convey that i routinely spend nearly everything i have and then have money pouring in. rather, i'm not afraid to invest whatever i have in what i believe in, if i feel it is what God has called me to do.

now, this story does have a corollary to my life. right this very second, i'm kicking around upgrading to a mac as my primary computer. after years and years - decades, really - as a pc girl, i am about to become a mac girl. also, i'm exploring hiring a vienna-based web firm to upgrade my web site. it's been two years since i created my site using whatever html i had leftover in my head from my IT days. there are a lot of things i'd like to do with my site which i can't do myself, and since it looks like my business is going to hang around for awhile, i think it's time to get someone to make it a reality.

so how is all this related to monopoly? even though the money isn't necessarily pouring in, it is coming in at a better rate than last year. and even though everyone i work for is poor (think non-profit arts and ministry), i believe in what i'm doing and believe in who i'm serving. and i believe that if i wisely spend the money which God has given me (read: plow it right back into the business), then everything will work out. you gotta spend money to make it. and i'm not afraid to try. and wait to see the outcome.

when the new, and improved web site launches, i'll let you know.

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