“Being unappreciative might mean we are simply not paying attention.”
–David Whyte, Consolations
accounting for non-business majors
we never pay inattention
the cost of ignoring (ignorance?)
requires a different accounting
but I never could balance
my checkbook, so I’m not
the one to keep the ledger
other than to say life is going
to cost you one way or another
it’s funny that appreciate
is also a business term
meaning gain value over time
something worth holding on to
to pay attention is to
appreciate life to gain value
the wealth of wonder requires
gratitude as a downpayment
(man, if they had just told
me that accounting was poety
I might have done better
instead, I lost interest)
Peace,
Milton
I love this one. Clint was a CPA in a past life, you know.
Very clever