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   We often put our affection on stuff that has a price tag.

   I read recently about an old, rich man with a cranky, miserable
attitude who visited a Rabbi.  The Rabbi was a simple man whose
heart was right and he lived a simple life. 

   They weren't together very long before the Rabbi got a wonderful
idea on how to illustrate to the man what was wrong.  He took him by
the hand and he led him over to his window and he said, "Now look
out the window and tell me what you see."

   The man stood there and said, "Well I see some men and some women
and I see a few children."

   The Rabbi took him by the hand and led him across the room to a
mirror and said, "Now look there and tell me what you see."

   The man frowned and said, "Well obviously I see myself."

   "Interesting", the Rabbi replied.  "In the window there is glass,
in the mirror there is glass.  But the glass of the mirror is
covered with a little bit of silver.  And no sooner is the silver
added than you cease to see others, and only yourself."

   Maybe our troubles started when just a little bit of silver was
added and we stopped looking through and starting looking at.