"I'd like to give you my timeshare."

About five years ago I made one of my (numerous) dumbest decisions: I purchased a timeshare in Mexico. Valerie and I were on a vacation in Puerto Vallarta with her family at a wonderful resort that my then brother-in-law had purchased a "fantastic" vacation package. As a way to get a 10% discount on the entire week at this resort of paradise plus (get this) discounts on the Paradise Extravaganza with Authentic Mexican Artists Performing the History of Mexico,  Fantasy Island Dinner Cruise and...last but certainly not least...the one-of-a-kind Snapping Turtle Farm - "All you have to do is listen to a 45 minute presentation. AND, you get a free breakfast, too."

Breathlessly and with unbridled enthusiasm, I signed us up. 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: Both Valerie and I made a pact that there was "absolutely nothing on this planet they could say that would convince us to buy one of these exploitive, hyped, valueless and might I say seniors oriented packaged scams.")

I am proud to report that we did not go for the ridiculously, impractical and over-priced 4 for 3 weeks timeshare package. We made the more prudent decision for the ridiculously, impractical and over-priced 3 for 2 weeks package. 

In the five years since we purchased the timeshare, I/we have used it...let me calculate...hold on...figuring..................once! And, oh yes, that was four weeks ago. 

THE POINT: I purchased it at a high cost. It sat there. I couldn't afford it at the time. It sat there. I didn't use it. It sat there. I lost everything in the interim. It sat there. I found the important things I had misplaced. I used it, shared it and love it.

Life gives us time to share: as leaders, followers, dreamers, friends, parents, children, wanderers. Our choices are the currency we use in deciding how we will spend the time we are given. Each day we are presented with numerous offers on where we should invest ourselves.  And we trans-act.

These days I am proud to report that I am going for the ridiculously, impractical and over-priced 1 for 1 moments: visiting my family wherever they are, seeking old friends, knowing new friends, spending mornings writing, walking with Bentley, serving high impact leaders and serving people who are simply looking for one more share of time.

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For emphasis - (b)