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Balancing Compassion and Peace of Mind
The Archangels Tell Us How and When to Help Others
I recently bought a new car. I loved my old Nissan Juke, but it was over thirteen years old, and although it was still running great and didn’t have a ton of mileage on it, thirteen years is old enough that my confidence in it wasn’t what it used to be. I’d planned on going on a short road trip to watch my daughter compete in her first body building competition (she placed 5th over all and did great!), and I wasn’t particularly comfortable taking my car. I considered renting one.
I have to budget for most things, certainly big purchases like a car, but as it turned out, I’d just finished paying off a loan, so stepping into a car payment was doable. I’d researched cars for over a year, and after putting the poor sales person through his paces and getting the answers to a million questions and comparing the pros and cons of buying new, used, or leasing, getting a great price for my trade in, and of course, going back and forth with offers, I bought a new Subaru Forester. As I drove home, I couldn’t help but think how fortunate and blessed I was to be able to do this.
I’m a retired teacher and a widow, and like most people, I don’t have a whole lot of money to play with, but I have more than a lot of people, and I don’t have to worry about meeting…
