If you had a choice
Would you choose the familiar, safe, and comfortable, or the new, exciting, and unknown?
Would you choose oodles of money, or enough to get by on?
Would you choose seven months of rain or seven months of snow?
Would you choose meeting lots of new people or staying among the same people you've known your entire life?
Would you choose a temperate valley or a high desert mountain plateau?
Would you choose to live within 2 hours of where you were born and 15 minutes of your parents' house, or in a brand-new place you've never been to before?
Would you choose bison, elk and moose, or squirrels, deer and nutria?
Would you choose a 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,400 square-foot house for $165,000, or a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2,500 square-foot house for $150,000?
Would you choose a giant corporation or a small start-up company?
Would you choose 356 feet above sea level or 6,749 feet above sea level?
Would you choose lots of Mormons for neighbors or lots of Mennonites for neighbors?
Would you choose being able to pay off all your student loans or making payments every month for years?
Would you choose having to put flood insurance on your house or having to put a snowplow on your car?
Would you choose a brand-new, free, Ford F-150 or a Honda Accord with 200,000+ miles on it and no radio?
Would you choose a town with a farmers' market every weekend in the summer, or a town with a rodeo every other weekend in the summer?
Would you choose already knowing every street in town and every highway and back road in the county, or exploring new pathways?
If you have the answers to these questions, please let me know.
Would you choose oodles of money, or enough to get by on?
Would you choose seven months of rain or seven months of snow?
Would you choose meeting lots of new people or staying among the same people you've known your entire life?
Would you choose a temperate valley or a high desert mountain plateau?
Would you choose to live within 2 hours of where you were born and 15 minutes of your parents' house, or in a brand-new place you've never been to before?
Would you choose bison, elk and moose, or squirrels, deer and nutria?
Would you choose a 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,400 square-foot house for $165,000, or a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2,500 square-foot house for $150,000?
Would you choose a giant corporation or a small start-up company?
Would you choose 356 feet above sea level or 6,749 feet above sea level?
Would you choose lots of Mormons for neighbors or lots of Mennonites for neighbors?
Would you choose being able to pay off all your student loans or making payments every month for years?
Would you choose having to put flood insurance on your house or having to put a snowplow on your car?
Would you choose a brand-new, free, Ford F-150 or a Honda Accord with 200,000+ miles on it and no radio?
Would you choose a town with a farmers' market every weekend in the summer, or a town with a rodeo every other weekend in the summer?
Would you choose already knowing every street in town and every highway and back road in the county, or exploring new pathways?
If you have the answers to these questions, please let me know.
5 comments:
First, sorry that my previous comment multiplied itself. I look like a stalker!
Second, although the rodeo does sound tempting, I know that I would stick with the familiar and comfortable. Sounds like you have a big decision on your hands.
Dearest Jen, I know what I would do. Although I love trying new things and doing new activities, I would choose the familiar. Not because it is comfortable, but because I know from personal experience that no matter how adventurous you are or how much you enjoy new experiences, nothing replaces having people around you who love you and will pray with you about problems and rejoice with you in life's joys. Money and success, though tempting, are never enough to replace the pricelessness of being with those that love you and you love in return.
It's just a personal prejudice, but avoid the mormons, ..it sounds like you're thinking of moving to Utah.
Corvallis vs. Salt Lake? Corvallis.
Check out daveramsey.com for the financial stuff so that you can make it work here.
after reading what you wrote i was inspired to move to Oregon. thank you.
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