El Rojo

El Rojo is an old car we have so the kids can learn to drive and then drive it during high school. It cost my oldest, single daughter 400 samolians. We have since put about 1600-1700 into it in just over 4 and a half years. It is a great car but not loved by my youngest daugther. I took her swimming in el rojo today and she complained. I took it to put gas into it. I love filling that car. I did it about 3 weeks ago and I still only put $16.50 into today to fill it up. El rojo is loved by those who see it as a mode of transportation rather than a status symbol but it is so old it has almost become a retro-status symbol. Anyway. I took her, she got, rather shot herself, out of the car so no one would see her. I drove to Einstein's Bagel shop. They remodeled! Where do they get off remodeling?!?!?! I get used to a certain way for my bagel shop and they go and do that to me?!?!? Anyway, we always get bagels for conference which is today and tomorrow. El rojo plays into what several conference talks referenced today; being that we should not live beyond our means, we fix up and care for that which we can and look to help others. El rojo is a metaphor for life: If we base who we are on what we drive and where we live, we will always and eventually be disappointed. If we are wise stewards over that with which we have been blessed, care for the things, talents, goods that are ours, our lives are happy and full and we can concentrate more fully on doing good and "being about our Father's business". I like cars but they are less and less important to me. They are a mode of transport from point A to B. I want to be more like el rojo.