Tell me if this you can relate to this experience.
While out and about, you come across something special that you would love to buy for yourself or someone close to you, but the item’s sticker price declares, “you can’t afford me!”
How frustrating is that?
Wouldn’t it make more sense to be able to express how you feel in the moment by spontaneously procuring a gift without having to put a financial value on that expression? Instead, we are currently forced to decide that “She’s/he’s/they’re not worth it” because we can’t afford the price tag on that gift.
We are all worthy, but we still allow an abstract and emotionless concept like money to decide how to show we care whether it be through a simple handmade card, a full-course dinner at a 4-star restaurant or a 2-week exotic holiday. In other words, there should be no “financial” limit placed on how we choose to express ourselves.
However, for now, we’ll buy that single red carnation instead of the 2-dozen roses because it is all we can afford today. Our special someone is going to have to wait until our next pay raise to get the “good stuff”.
Here’s hoping.
