Indulgences

“If I were a rich man…” er... make that a rich woman, I would do so many things I can’t do now.

I would help out those people I know who are already working their tails off to make ends meet and try to make their lives easier. Not forever, just long enough for them to get their heads above water and learn a few new skills so they could get a better job.

I would indulge myself by giving them a few luxuries too. There are really good people in this world who don’t ask for much at all, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve a few things.

As a young person I was very lucky. My parents were willing and able to put me through college, and my husband, who I married when I was still pretty young, was able to take pretty good care of me too, right from the start. I did have a few of those “firsts” when it came to jobs, but even those paid pretty good. I was blessed with a decent face and body and a lot of social skills as well as the intelligence to put them all to work. That sounds shallow, but it is a fact that nice looking people often have an easier time in this world.

It’s not always true, though. I know some very beautiful people who are struggling to put food on the table even as I write this. Life is not necessarily consistent, nor is it fair.

But if I were a rich “woman,” I would still sit in the silence and I would still do all the other things I do right now. I would just add a few little pleasures to my life by indulging my fantasies of helping those I love.