The Thought

I have been thinking about this the past couple of days. Recently, we found a leak in our water heater. It has been getting progressively worse.

My first thought was about expense.

The Queen's first thought was about the time our water heater exploded in our old house and she discovered it.

We both moved on those thoughts.

I wanted to contact some plumbers we know and see if they could get us a good deal.

She wanted it fixed and fixed now.

I made some contacts, got a good deal, and that deal sits in our garage today.

She like the deal, but wanted it put in the basement several days ago.

I continued to make some calls. One of our plumber friends told me that he would help, but our schedules just did not seem to be working out. He was heartbroken that he could not serve us.

I was impressed with the fact that he would even be willing to drop things from his schedule to make something work for me. He was willing to sacrifice the his time, energy, and strength to serve.

It took me a while to figure that out and let him off the hook.

It took me longer to figure out the Queens thoughts.

Our thoughts do count. We need to express them. Sometimes that is more meaningful than not doing anything at all.