Even Mistakes Have a Purpose

Value: Learning from Mistakes. Yesterday, I thought that I was having a blond or a senior moment. Maybe I was! I was at the corner store buying milk and bread. I tried to use my bank debit card, then my MasterCard and then another credit card. Nothing would work. I didn't even have cash on me. I thought that I may have been a target of some foul play so I decided to go next door to the bank and check on my accounts. All were OK. Then, I sat in my car and phoned my credit car company and told them that I had been out of town two weeks ago, but that I was home now. They told me that they had that information and that my credit was available and that maybe it was that the store machines were not working. Going back into the store now feeling like I was ready for an argument, I tried the card again and it didn't work. A second clerk standing near the first for support leaned over to me and asked if I had entered my pin. "Oh,"I exclaimed. "No I didn't and I hadn't before either." We had a laugh and they made certain to tell me that I should come on a Thursday when seniors got 20% off on many items. Four hours later, I received a call from my credit card company. "Kristi?" the man on the phone asked. "Are you home? This is ...... from your bank credit card company and your card has just been used at Target in New York for $687.51 (amount approximate), but it was declined. We know that you called our office today." Wanting to verify what the man was saying, I told them that I would not give any information over the phone to him, but that I would call my company at a number on the back of my card. When I called my card company, they verified what the man had said. They will send me another card with a new number so I promptly cut up the one in question.

I believe that my mistake of not entering my pin number made me more aware of my own financial safety and I believe that when some things happen, they happen for a reason. Live each day with ability to jump over the rough spots because sometimes even Mistakes have a Purpose.