ABSOLUTELY FREE
We have all heard the pitch “it’s free!” We eventually learn to read the fine print where we learn of the hidden cost and the processing charges. It wasn’t free after all! You have heard the old adage, “if it sounds to good to be true it probably is.” It would also be true to say…“there is no free lunch.” There are provided lunches but no free ones, there was a cost to someone along the way. I have bought lunch and other meals for family and friends, and I have been treated to some meals along the way. Several years ago my wife and I were returning from a hospital an hour away where a parishioner had surgery. We decided to stop for lunch in a small town diner. Upon finishing our meal I stepped up to the cash register to pay our bill. It just so happened that they only accepted cash. I was relieved to see the ATM machine in the corner because I was a few dollars short of having enough. While I was using the money machine, someon...