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Just let it go
By Charles Martin | April 9, 2009
Going back to what I said about the universe taking it away — one of the items I sold on craigslist for $15 and paid $9 to ship was disputed on paypal as “non received”.
The challenge hits us in life a lot.
Do we stand up for ourselves and fight the $15 battle? Or, do we acquiesce and let the people be the people and languish in their fifteen dollar grief while getting what they want?
I started to choose the former but after more than 30 minutes on dispute file creation and almost making my nice UPS store manager angry, I’m done. This little battle really divides the sane from the embattled. The process that this person used to reason and balance his day with is no different than a hundred taliban readying another blast. His life is off track. His world is very small. I wish I could meet him so he’d see that I’m just like him — wanting to clean my closet so others can partake. His closet has more webs possibly, but we have commonalities just the same.
Sure, you say it’s only $15. The truth is that it’s a principle thing at $15 or $15,000. Some of the battles are worth it. Some you just figure you can screw up your life or you can Move On Dot Junk.
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