Financial Fairy-Tales

Maybe I'm just a small-picture person, but I don't really care why a doctor is paid more than a nurse. It just is. As long as I make enough money to be able to support my family (should I ever have to), it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy helping people, and that's why I'm pursuing the line of work I am. I don't really care about prestige and power in the public eye. I want to glorify my Saviour in my life and actions. Does that mean that I have to fight to make sure that I'm paid "fairly"?

In my family, we were taught that fair is a relative term. What seems fair to an Arabic man, doesn't seem fair to an American woman. What seems fair to a rich celebrity doesn't seem fair to a homeless man and his family on the street. "Fair" doesn't really exist. If life were fair, Jesus wouldn't have died. Fair is an abstract concept, that has difficulty being real in the fallen world we live in.

When it comes to income and wealth (which are different, actually), I find that I think we shouldn't rely on others to save us from our position. Yet, I find myself in college with loans that will need to be paid. Do I want someone to pay them for me? Well, that'd be nice... but it's probably not going to happen, so why worry about it? I will have to pay them off, and I have that in mind as I come to school and continue getting healthy so that I can go back to work. Fortunately for me, I enjoy my line of work, and I find that it gives me a sense of progress. I think that the bailouts are... kind of silly, actually. I don't think they're as helpful as people think they are. I find that they confirm a fairy-tale sort of thinking that allows people to make stupid decisions and believe that something or someone will come through and save them from their financial woes. Hold on, lemme emphasize the next point.....

It's REALLY UNLIKELY!!!!!!!!!

My first thought was, "It's not going to happen!" But I'll probably get proved wrong by somebody somewhere... soo.......... It's highly unlikely. Really, we need to take responsibility for our own lives.

To recap:

-Why I will be paid what I'm paid isn't important to me.
-Fair isn't fair
-The money fairy doesn't exist
-Be responsible for your actions
-Jesus is awesome.