I fully believe that life is what you make it and because of this philosophy I am generally a happy, upbeat person.
Recently I have gone through the messiness of a break up but find myself with a pretty sweet life. Yes, I took on more debt than I should have and in general my friends feel that I got "screwed" but I have the peace of mind knowing that I continued to care about what's best for all involved. Also, I have short term pain of super tight finances for a long term effect. In a few years I will take pride knowing that despite leaving my little guy's father I still ensured that he was able to go to school and better himself. That to me is worthwhile as the short term pain of paying off more than my share of debt means my son will be provided for to a higher degree than what his dad can offer him now.
There are other perks too. I may not have got the dishwasher, toaster oven or slow cooker as I would have liked but I unexpectedly ended up with a TV and surround sound system. If you know me, well, you'd understand how much I LOVE movies and what having a home theatre means to me. Let's just say it's been a longing of mine ever since grade twelve when the cast of Antigone went to Matt's house and experience a REAL home theatre. No joke, the guy had a screen retract into the ceiling, a projector and four or five lazy boys in his basement, actually it was a separate room in his basement - kick ass!
But I digress...my point is this - always, no matter what, treat people how you would want to be treated because you never know when Karma is watching and will reward your behaviour in the same fashion you were behaving.
