Maintenance...
The more we have the more we have to maintain. Things seem so alluring, but once you have it, it won't maintain itself. In this day and age when products are produced cheaper and faster it can seem easier to replace something than to maintain it. Why maintain it, when we're constantly being told either explicitly or in-explicitly that we don't have to?
A new job, a new car, a new man, a pair of shoes. If any of those things get old or difficult to deal with, just go and get something else. It's easier to buy a new scarf than it is to sew an old scarf with a tear. It's easier to start a new relationship when the one you're in seems to be dishing out more pain than pleasure.
New things at first glance and thought may seem more attractive than what needs to be fixed, repaired, and maintained. A new car for instance is lovely: paint gleaming, engine smooth, and fluids are on full. Yet that charm won't last unless you take it to get detailed in and out regularly and take it to the mechanic routinely.
This idea of maintaining and taking care is true for a car... It's also true and applicable to EVERYTHING we have! A new home, a new pet, a new friendship, or a new love interest (Happy Valentines Day ya'll!). IT ALL REQUIRES MAINTENANCE. Nothing stays fresh unless someone is taking care to freshen it, period. The quality of something and the value we place on something solely depends on how well we maintain it. A used car that's been attended to regularly is going to be worth more on the lot than a used car that's been neglected.
A lot of times we talk about high-maintenance people. I would venture to say that there are NO LOW-MAINTENANCE PEOPLE. Things, people, goals, and projects must be nurtured, tended to, cared for, and maintained correctly if they are to yield good fruit.
In closing I'd like to submit, that a lot of people want a lot out of life. But after the excitement of getting something new has worn off, are we willing to make the commitment to maintain?
A new job, a new car, a new man, a pair of shoes. If any of those things get old or difficult to deal with, just go and get something else. It's easier to buy a new scarf than it is to sew an old scarf with a tear. It's easier to start a new relationship when the one you're in seems to be dishing out more pain than pleasure.
New things at first glance and thought may seem more attractive than what needs to be fixed, repaired, and maintained. A new car for instance is lovely: paint gleaming, engine smooth, and fluids are on full. Yet that charm won't last unless you take it to get detailed in and out regularly and take it to the mechanic routinely.
This idea of maintaining and taking care is true for a car... It's also true and applicable to EVERYTHING we have! A new home, a new pet, a new friendship, or a new love interest (Happy Valentines Day ya'll!). IT ALL REQUIRES MAINTENANCE. Nothing stays fresh unless someone is taking care to freshen it, period. The quality of something and the value we place on something solely depends on how well we maintain it. A used car that's been attended to regularly is going to be worth more on the lot than a used car that's been neglected.
A lot of times we talk about high-maintenance people. I would venture to say that there are NO LOW-MAINTENANCE PEOPLE. Things, people, goals, and projects must be nurtured, tended to, cared for, and maintained correctly if they are to yield good fruit.
In closing I'd like to submit, that a lot of people want a lot out of life. But after the excitement of getting something new has worn off, are we willing to make the commitment to maintain?
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