Tough Decisions

 

There is a nickel and a few pennies in the boy’s pocket.  He stands before the candy counter trying to select the best thing he can get for his money.  Does he pick the thing with the most in it, or the new, untried thing with the colorful wrapper?  Should he stick to the one he knows tastes the best or the one whose flavor lasts the longest?  This isn’t such a simple decision. 

Fast forward several years.  The boy is now a grown man, standing on the showroom floor, surrounded by colorful, new automobiles.  Some convertibles, some with an extra seat way in the back, a few with powerful motors and some very small, boasting good gas mileage.  Not such a simple choice.

But he finally selects one and drives home, eager to show the family.  He sees his wife standing in the driveway and thinks she is excited to see their new family car, but she looks angry.  As he pulls in and steps out of the car she says, “Larry, I’ve had it.  We have company coming over tonight and I have spent the day cleaning, so just when can we get rid of that chalk outline?”

 

 

 

 ZC