honesty and wisdom

My Iron Owl, stolen from my sister and given a place of honor on my mantle.  This owl represents childhood conflicts with my sister, honesty and a good work ethic I learned from my father, and the wisdom of hoarding, saving, and restrain from indulgence I learned from my mother.  

Ok so the conflicts with my sister started early and did not end until I moved away as an early adult.  I didnt think I would ever be friends with her, let alone friendly.  Now much older, I moved back to my hometown and surprisingly live right across the street.  She always had this owl (probably bought at a flea market by my dad sometime in the 70's).  I coveted this owl, I wanted this owl, so I took this owl when I moved out of my parents house.  It keeps me grounded, like iron from the sky, fallen and ground deep into the earth.  It makes me strive for honesty especially when white lies call to me trying to convince me of an easy path.  It makes me remember the teachings of my mother.  No matter how much you "want" something, you have to work for it.  You also have to go through the never ending "pros" and "cons" list to make sure it is not a want but a need.  Lastly it makes me remember my compulsion that my dad called work ethic.  Now my goal is to try and keep work and home seperated...... Well as much as it possibly can be.

What I really wish is that my owl had the magic power to endlessly fill it's hollow belly with $.  Wouldnt that be Awesome..... everytime you open the lid there is $$$, you close the lid and automatically it regenerates.  Hmmmmm.....what a wonderous thought!  To feel comfortable.  Not rich, wealthy, pretentious, or pompous.....  Just comfortable.  It means never having to worry about the bills every month, they are just taken care of.  Owning a home without a mortgage.  Having the car paid off and student loans to never exsist.  Going to the store and not feeling bad for buying a $3 shirt or buying the namebrand cereal instead of offbrand or nobrand because it is a want.  And most of all, the $$ you work so hard at earning after the government, insurance, etc take their cut, just imagine if it was yours to do with what you want.  And for any reason you don't have enough, you just go to the magical iron owl for its gift of comfortable goodness.