I have a dead ipod. It's a nice one from about 4 years ago. It was the model right before they came out with the color screens. 40 Gigs of music fits on it and it holds a pretty decent charge. It was a gift from my youth staff at Bel Air Presbyterian Church when I left them and moved to San Diego. Well I don't live in San Diego anymore and my ipod doesn't work either. I found it in a box today in my garage, dusted it off and plugged it into my laptop. For about a minute it seemed like things were good and then both it and my laptop froze. Now it's sitting next to me on the table dead but not turning off. Just flashing a "Do not disconnect" screen although it's been disconnected for about an hour.
I remember how excited I was to get that ipod. At the time it was a huge expensive gift and I was so stoked. It was pretty, sleek and made me feel cool to have. Now it's dead, been in a box for a year + and has very little meaning.
I'm wondering what to do with it. I'm sure I could pry it open and order a new hard drive and bring it back to life. But, I doubt it's worth it. It has very little value anymore and I would rather buy a new one then pay for the parts to fix this one.
Funny how life is. Some things are timeless and never lose their value. I'm sitting at our dining room table that was given to us from Danielle's grandparents about 5 years ago when they were moving into a retirement community and couldn't use it anymore. This table is probably 40 years old and look sit but it still has a lot of value. Some of the chairs are loose but overall it still does what it was originally produced to do.
I wonder a lto about value and how things maintain their worth. As I've gotten a bit older I like to think about more than just stuff and things. I have a number of friends who I would say are a huge value to me. They have maintained their value over the years because our friendship is like this table. It still has a purpose and isn't outdated or easily broken like my ipod.
I like where God has put us. I like to think that this time in our lives has incredible value. For my kids they are growing up in an amazing community surrounded by great friends and a church community that is a good place to be. I like our neighbors and value both their friendship and their family. I like the people I work with and value them immensly.
Sometimes I feel like my broken ipod but that doesn't usually last very long. I'm looking at it now and wondering what to do with it. Thinking I may take it apart just for fun. Maybe turn it into a change container. It would be worth something then. Peace.
