Value...
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Then I became old enough to get an allowance. I would save my money and then catch the bus to Pearlridge Mall and go to the petstore. After much inspection and thought, I would buy one or two fish and then bring them back home in their little air filled bags via the bus. At home, I would acclimate them into my aquarium and again enjoy them for their lifespan.
As I got older, and started working. I was able to get a larger aquarium and buy more expensive fish. I continued to maintain aquariums off and on for many years progressing from my initial 10 gallon aquarium to a 55 gallon aquarium. I thought about buying a 240 gallon but space and time commitments prevented me from acting upon that desire at the time.
At one point, in my adult life, I purchased 50 Neon Tetras to have a school of iridescent colors swimming about. It was expensive but it looked very nice. But in looking back. The more I was able to afford fancier and more expensive fish, the less satisfaction it brought me. I needed more and more to bring the same elation to me which my initial wild guppies brought me. And in fact, in looking back. I was never able to acquire the same satisfaction, elation, intrigue, wonderment, and sense of accomplishment which my simple free plain wild guppies brought me as a child. Caught after hiking through the bushes and lugging a heavy bucket home. That is the true value of expending effort. That is the true curse of money indeed...
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