This blog theme has made clear to me that, while money is used on a daily basis, it is as ordinary as having any other tool. Put away when we don’t need it, taken out when we do. Now not everyone has a tool box full of tools. Those that do, have different sizes of tool boxes. Fascinating are the great big red ones on wheels, with all manner of little drawers and cubby holes. Then there’s small tool kits, like my grey one that I keep close at hand in the kitchen. Tools for basic fix-it jobs are in there ~ a hammer, different sizes of screw drivers, a hand saw, some wrenches and many little bits of things. The great large ones just have more of the same, or they may be for some specialty jobs ~ especially for car fix-its.
Money then, buys more tools for home and living. Sadly, there are some who have little access to the money tools ~ some who have not paid attention when they were cautioned about spending and saving habits (blush); and some who, through no fault of their own must spend and earn what is available to them. These folks really do learn to be creative and very resourceful, using everything they have to it’s greatest advantage.
(An aside ~ Some folks want to borrow, share or just take other's tools. Lesson ~ Caution in lending is wise.)
“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench
than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.”
~ Robert Hughes
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