If Money Wasn’t an Issue

A few years ago a group of us from work were sitting in a restaurant waiting to catch the shuttle bus to the airport waiting to catch a flight home. While we were sitting there one of the guys asked the question, “What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about the money?” So around the table we went each of us telling what we would do. There was never a question that we all would still do something. There was talk about becoming a college professor, a business owner, a car designer, a historian and then it was my turn.
My response totally surprised them all, one because of the quickness that I responded, two the detail of the response and three it was totally not what they would have expected.

If money was not an issue what I would do is have a small deli in an industrial park where you had regulars. The shop would only be open from about 5am to 2pm and the menu would have a muffins, coffee cakes and a breakfast sandwich in the mornings and then in the afternoon there would be a soup of the day and a limited selection of sandwiches and possibly a special of the day – ie lasagna or bbq port sandwich. I’m not sure I would offer the foo foo coffees; I really don’t want the noise of an espresso machine. We would have coffee with free refills and tea and cocoa. On the wall would be a rack where you would bring in your own cup and would get a discount if you used it. There would be tables and chair, no booths, so that you could sit around and just talk.

I got the idea for the coffee cup wall from a small place I have visited in Albuquerque, NM., I like the idea of the tables and no booths from Barney’s Pastrami shop in Everett, and the industrial park from Ella’s in Canyon Park.

There are more and more days lately that I dream of this place and wonder how I could make it work. But for now money is still an issue and I will keep the job I have and trust God to provide my hearts desire in His time.